The global and the local : an environmental ethics casebook / by Dale Murray.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Murray, Dale F., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental ethics--Case studies.

Environmental ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (522 pages)

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : Brill, 2017.

Summary:

In The Global and the Local: An Environmental Ethics Casebook , Dale Murray presents fifty-one actual, unique, and compelling case studies. The book covers a wide variety of environmental topics from those as global as overfishing, climate change, ocean acidification, and e-waste, to those topics as local as whether we should place salt on the driveway during winter, construct rain gardens, or believe we have a duty to hunt. The book also features an easy to read, yet rigorous introductory section exposing readers to ethical theories and approaches to environmental ethics. By interweaving these theoretical considerations into long and short case studies, Murray illuminates a comprehensive range of the most pressing environmental issues facing our biosphere both today and in the future. This book is also available in paperback.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction

General Moral Theories

Applications and Approaches to Environmental Ethics

What is Natural? Does It Matter?

Business vs. Environmental Protection

The Environment, Global Challenges, and Global Economies

The Greening of Institutions

Recreation and Environmental Ethics

Environmental Reform and Unintended Consequences

Relations between Human and Non-Human Animals

Think Globally, Act Locally

Are These Really Environmental Problems?

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-33999-X

OCLC:

974035718

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004339996 DOI