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In this collection of essays, leading environmentalists and philosophers explore the relationship between environmental ethics and policy, both in theory and practice. The first section of the book focuses on four approaches to change in ethical theory: ecological science, feminist metaphysics, Chinese philosophy and holistic postmodern technology. In subsequent sections the contributors emphasise the need for non-traditional solutions and attempt to expand awareness of the most pressing practical problems. Among the topics discussed are the possibilities of real international cooperation; the inequitable but economically intractable issue of global gases; the political and ethical challenges of city planning; and the growing evidence of fundamental inappropriateness in treating land as legal private property. This volume is based on essays presented in 1992 at the Second International Conference on Ethics and Environmental Policy. The conference was held in response to the increasing need for a new ethics that would counter the traditional human-centred, dominantly individualistic approach of the industrial world toward the environment. Contributors include: J. Baird Callicott, Victoria Davion, Frederick Ferre, Frank B. Golley, Elizabeth Dodson Gray, Alastair S. Gunn, Eugene Hargrove, Peter Hartel, Erazim Kohak, Yu-shi Mao, Ignazio Musu, Bryan Norton, Corrado Poli, Holmes Rolston III, Kristin Shrader-Frechette, Udo E. Simonis and Gary E. Varner.
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Originally presented as papers at the Second International Conference on Ethics and Environmental Policy, 1992, the 12 essays in this collection address current challenges facing environmental philosophers and policy makers. The contributors, well known in the field of environmental ethics, include Baird Callicott, Elizabeth Dodson Gray, Gary Varner, Holmes Rolston III, Kristin Schrader-Frechette, Bryan Norton, and Eugene Hargrove. The questions they tackle are important. How can philosophy contribute to the solution of pressing environmental problems? What is the relationship between ecological science and environmental ethics? How can private property and environmental regulation be reconciled? Can postmodern technology be used in positive ways to address environmental problems? Should philosophers maintain neutrality, or may they be activists? How can global inequalities be resolved? The various essays answer these questions in clear and readable prose. Although they are all scholarly and well researched, the quality of their original oral presentation makes them accessible to a broad audience. All in all, this is one of the best anthologies in the field of environmental ethics. Recommended highly for undergraduate and graduate collections in environmental philosophy, natural resource management, and public policy. L. Vance; Vermont College