Environmental Ethics for Canadians

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Environmental Ethics for Canadians is a comprehensive introduction to the core ethical questions shaping contemporary environmental debates. A hybrid textbook and reader, this text combines classic essays with contemporary selections and case studies designed for students to fully engage with current issues in environmental ethics. * Indicates commissioned article Introduction The Nature of Moral Assessment Challenges to Morality I: Ethical Egoism Challenges to Morality II: Ethical Relativism Four Normative Theories Part One: Moral Standing 1. Animal Welfarism Moral Standing and Speciesism - "All Animals Are Equal", Peter Singer Beyond Utilitarianism Problems with Animal Welfarism and Animal Citizenship - "Animal Citizenship" (Canadian) (commissioned) * NEW, Sue Donaldson and Will Kymlicka Case Study: Sustainabilitarianism and Eating Beef 2. Biocentrism Rights for Living Things? - "Should Trees Have Standing? Toward Legal Rights for Natural Objects", Christopher Stone Biocentric Egalitarianism - "The Biocentric Outlook on Nature", Paul W. Taylor Human Superiority and Inter-Species Conflict Case Study: Respect for Nature and the North Mackenzie River Watershed 3. Ecocentrism and Deep Ecology The Land Ethic - "The Land Ethic", Aldo Leopold Going Deep - "Identification as a Source of Deep Ecological Attitudes", Arne Naess Three Objections and Responses Case Study: Tallgrass Prairie as an "Endangered Space" Part Two: Challenges and New Directions 4. Economics and Ecology Optimal Thinking - "People or Penguins: The Case for Optimal Pollution", William F. Baxter The Allure of Cost-Benefit Analysis Problems with Cost-Benefit Analysis - "Ethics, Public Policy, and Global Warming" * NEW, Dale Jamieson Case Study: Aquaculture and the Economic Growth Imperative 5. Environmental Pragmatism Two Problems with Intrinsic Value Value Pluralism: Reclaiming the Land Ethic - "Before Environmental Ethics", Anthony Weston The Importance of Building Consensus - "Environmental Pragmatism" *, Jennifer Welchman Case Study: Protecting Canada's Freshwater Resource 6. Ecofeminism Sexism and Naturism: Making the Connection - "The Power and the Promise of Ecological Feminism", Karen J. Warren Overcoming Dualisms Ecofeminism Now - "Ecofeminists Without Borders: The Power of Method" * NEW, Patricia Glazebrook E Conclusion Case Study: Dioxin in Breast Milk and Women as Frontline Environmentalists 7. Environmental Aesthetics Beauty and Duty: Mapping the Terrain - "Aesthetic Appreciation of Nature and Environmentalism" *, Allen Carlson The Dispositive Character of Natural Beauty Judgments - "The Moral Dimensions of Natural Beauty" *, Ronald Moore Aesthetic Weight and the Preservationist's Dilemma - "Aesthetic Preservation" *, Glenn Parsons Case Study: Nunavut and the Reciprocity Thesis 8. First Nations' Perspectives The Circle - "The Sacred Circle of Life", Georges Sioui Confronting Myths of the Ecological Amerindian - "The 'Ecological Indian' and Environmentalism" *, Bruce Morito Traditional Ecological Knowledge Case Study: Language, Land, and the Residential Schools 9. Environmental Virtue Ethics Human Excellence and the Environment - "Ideals of Human Excellence and Preserving Natural Environments", Thomas E. Hill, Jr. Epistemic Environmental Virtues - "Epistemic Virtue and the Ecological Crisis" NEW, Byron Williston Two Objections and Responses Case Study: Three Canadian Environmentalist Exemplars 10. Social Ecology and Environmental Activism Bookchin's Social Ecology The Importance of Activism - "Environmental Political Activism" * NEW, Nir Barak and Avner de-Shalit The Problem of Domination Integrity and Stewardship - "Ecological Integrity: Between Ethics and Law" * NEW, Laura Westra Case Study: Fighting Hierarchy through Access to Knowledge Part Three: Environmental Issues 11. Climate Change Confronting Climate Change Denial Responsibility for Climate Change - "American Disenlightenment, or Climate Change Made in the USA" * NEW, Martin Schonfeld The Problem of Political Inertia - "Saved by Disaster? Abrupt Climate Change, Political Inertia, and the Possibility of an Intergenerational Arms Race", Stephen M. Gardiner Case Study: Current Effects of Climate Change: The Mountain Pine Beetle 12. Population and Consumption Malthus's Challenge - "An Essay on the Principle of Population", Reverend Thomas Robert Malthus The Economist's Retort - "Can the Supply of Natural Resources Really Be Infinite? Yes!", Julian Simon Peak Oil and the Tar Sands Case Study: Making Space for Grizzlies 13. The Biodiversity Crisis Species or Individuals? The Nature of Biodiversity - "The Power of Diversity", David Suzuki The Value of Biodiversity - "Why Put a Value on Biodiversity?", David Ehrenfeld Species Preservation: The Challenge of Climate Change - "Global Climate Change and Species Preservation" * NEW, Ronald L. Sandler Case Study: Biodiversity in Carolinian Canada 14. Sustainability Sustainability and Human Needs - "The Concept of 'Sustainability'" *, Robert F. Litke Sustainability and Substitutability Sustainability and the City - "Sustainability and Sense of Place" *, Ingrid Leman Stefanovic Case Study: Nuclear Power: Unsustainable Train to the Future?