Environmental Ethics: An Introduction to Environmental Philosophy - Softcover

DesJardins, Joseph R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0534520847 ISBN 13: 9780534520847

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc, 2005

Synopsis

How can you use philosophical to make progress toward solving environmental problems? ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS: AN INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL PHILOSOPHY introduces you to ethical theory in new and easily understood ways. But most of all, this environmental ethics textbook shows you how we can work together to build a better future.

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Review:

"Joseph DesJardins (Ph.D. University of Notre Dame) is professor of philosophy at the College of Saint Benedict in Minnesota. He specializes in business ethics and environmental ethics and has also published Contemporary Issues in Business Ethics (Fifth Edition, Wadsworth, 2005) with John McCall."

Synopsis:

This brief yet wide-ranging introduction to environmental ethics offers an overview of the major issues and schools of thought in the field. A discussion of basic concepts in ethical theory in Part I is followed by an application of these thoughts across a variety of major environmental problems (such as pollution, population, animals) in Part II. Part III introduces students to the major theories of environmental ethics in particular (including biocentrism, ecofeminism, and the land ethic). The final chapter offers a pragmatic approach to reconciling philosophical perspectives as a means to making progress in solving environmental problems.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0534520847
• ISBN 13: 9780534520847
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 304