Environmental Philosophy: An Introduction
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Title page......Page 4 Copyright page......Page 5 Dedication......Page 6 Acknowledgements......Page 7 Introduction: What is Environmental Philosophy?......Page 8 Nature......Page 9 Theory and practice......Page 11 Outline of chapters......Page 14 Notes......Page 16 Further reading......Page 17 Eating without pleasure, crying without pain......Page 18 Singer's utilitarian case for animal liberation......Page 22 Vegetarianism......Page 27 Summary......Page 30 Notes......Page 31 Further reading......Page 32 Racism, sexism … speciesism?......Page 34 The moral significance of killing......Page 35 Regan's case for animal rights......Page 38 Flourishing......Page 42 Duties to wild animals......Page 45 Summary......Page 49 Notes......Page 50 Further reading......Page 51 Life......Page 52 Ecosystems......Page 59 Biological species......Page 66 Summary......Page 70 Notes......Page 71 Further reading......Page 73 4: Questions of Value......Page 74 Ecosystem services and the value of places......Page 75 Objectivity and subjectivity......Page 81 Notes......Page 86 Further reading......Page 87 Environmental virtue ethics......Page 89 Buddhism and compassion......Page 93 Humility......Page 97 Attention......Page 100 Notes......Page 103 Further reading......Page 104 Disinterestedness and engagement......Page 105 Form, knowledge and the beauty of clouds......Page 111 Aesthetics and morality......Page 117 Summary......Page 122 Further reading......Page 123 Nature, revisited......Page 125 A very short history of the received wilderness idea......Page 132 Sceptical responses......Page 134 Wildness......Page 138 Environmental restoration......Page 140 Summary......Page 143 Notes......Page 144 Further reading......Page 146 8: Climate Change......Page 147 Climate change as a moral issue......Page 149 Responses......Page 150 ‘My emissions make no difference’......Page 154 Population......Page 157 Obligations to future generations......Page 159 Climate change and the natural world......Page 164 Summary......Page 168 Notes......Page 169 Further reading......Page 170 References......Page 171 Index......Page 188 End User License Agreement......Page 197
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