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13 Δεκ 2018 · This book explains the origins and key concepts of environmental ethics, which arose in the 1970s, work on responsibilities towards future generations and on ethical values and principles,...
15 Αυγ 2012 · Abstract. Environmental ethics is the study of normative issues and principles relating to human interactions with the natural environment. It comprises an increasingly significant field of applied ethics, crucial for the guidance of individuals, corporations and governments in shaping the principles affecting their lifestyles, their actions ...
It summarized four distinct perspectives on environmental ethics (biocentric, utilitarian, Buddhist, and Daoist/Confucian), as well as discussed fundamental issues, including proposition and contention on the premise of environmental ethics.
Download Free PDF. Environmental Ethics from the Roots Up: An Introductory Anthology. Heather Douglas. As environmental issues become ever more central in democratic societies, understanding the ethical bases on which our relationship with the environment is structured has never been more important.
29 Ιαν 2015 · Exploring these questions and more, this book provides an up-to-date and balanced introduction to the field. It first examines ethical theory, then ties theory into practice, showing how ethics guide environmental policies, but also how actions shape environmental values.
For example, pollution diminishes our health, resource depletion threatens our standards of living, climate change puts our homes at risk, the reduction of biodiversity results in the loss of potential medicines, and the eradication of wilderness means we lose a source of awe and beauty.
12 Νοε 2015 · The essays range over a broad variety of issues, concepts, and perspectives that are both central to and characteristic of the field, thus providing an authoritative but accessible account of the history, analysis, and prospect of ideas that are essential to contemporary environmental ethics.
