Sahotra Sarkar

Environmental Philosophy (eBook, PDF)

From Theory to Practice

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The first comprehensive treatment of environmental philosophy, going beyond ethics to address the philosophical concepts that underlie environmental thinking and policy-making today * Encompasses all of environmental philosophy, including conservation biology, restoration ecology, sustainability, environmental justice, and more * Offers the first treatment of decision theory in an environmental philosophy text * Explores the conceptions of nature and ethical presuppositions that underlie contemporary environmental debates, and, moving from theory to practice, shows how decision theory translates to public policy * Addresses both hot-button issues, including population and immigration reform, and such ongoing issues as historical legacies and nations' responsibility and obligation for environmental problems * Anchors philosophical concepts to their practical applications, establishing the priority of the discipline's real-world importance

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. November 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118121399
• Artikelnr.: 37363151

Autorenporträt

Sahotra Sarkar specializes in the history and philosophy of science and conservation biology; he helped develop the framework for systematic conservation planning for the protection of biodiversity (as co-author, with Chris Margules, of Systematic Conservation Planning). He also co-edited The Philosophy of Science: An Encyclopedia and A Companion to the Philosophy of Biology. He is the author of Doubting Darwin?: Creationist Designs on Evolution (Blackwell), Genetics and Reductionism, Molecular Models of Life, and Biodiversity and Environmental Philosophy. He is a professor of Philosophy and Integrative Biology at the University of Texas at Austin.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments ix
List of Acronyms xi
1 Introduction 1
2 What Is the Environment? 13
3 Ethics for the Environment 38
4 From Ethics to Policy 65
5 Biodiversity and Conservation 98
6 Environmental Restoration 130
7 Sustainability 157
8 Justice and Equity 174
9 Where Does This Leave Us? 196
Glossary 202
References 204
Index 219