Ethics and justice for the environment / Adrian Armstrong.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Armstrong, Adrian C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental ethics.

Environmental justice.

Environmental policy.

Environmental protection.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Examining the issues of ethics and justice as they apply to the environment, this book starts from the observation that the parallel expositions of environmental ethics and environmental justice appear to have few points of contact. Environmental justice is highly politicized and concerned with human access to the environment and the unequal exposure to environmental pollution. It grew out of the US civil rights movement, the liberal tradition of rights, and Rawls' description of justice as fairness. It is thus almost exclusively anthropocentric, and does not address the question of justice fo

Contents:

Setting the Scene

Environmental Justice

Ideas of Justice

Environmental Ethics

Understanding the Need : Vision and Human Nature

Components of Justice for the Environment

Implementation of Justice

Climate Change Impacts

Climate Change Adaptations

Energy

Relations with Animals

Direct Action

Conclusions

Appendix 1: The Principles of Environmental Justice.

Notes:

"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-280-68202-7

9786613658968

1-136-27264-X

0-203-10991-0

9780203109915

OCLC:

804662498