Ecologism : an introduction / Brian Baxter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baxter, Brian, 1949- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Green movement.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 247 pages)

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2008.

Summary:

This textbook articulates and defends Ecologism - an ideology which has grown from the developing interest in the moral, political, economic and scientific issues centring on human relationships with the environment of the planet. The concept of Ecologism starts from the position that the non-human world is worthy of moral consideration and that this should be taken into account in the ordering of social, economic and political systems. It is recognised as a major development in Environmental Politics and, increasingly, as a significant alternative to existing political philosophies.The book provides a comprehensive and systematic survey of the main components of Ecologism, and examines elements which have been neglected in the existing literature. Written in a clear and approachable style, it covers both the current debates surrounding this key aspect of environmental political philosophy and the author's own development of these debates.

Contents:

1. Introduction

Pt. 1. Theory. 2. Metaphysics. 3. Biology and Ecologism: The Case of Sociobiology

Pt. 2. Morality. 4. The Moral Theory of Ecologism. 5. Moral Considerability and Moral Trade-offs

Pt. 3. Politics. 6. Ecologism's Political Philosophy: Human Nature, the Human Predicament and Political Morality. 7. Ecologism's Political Philosophy: Political Morality and Meta-issues. 8. Ecologism and Contemporary Political Philosophy: Utilitarianism, Rawlsian Liberalism and Libertarianism. 9. Ecologism and Contemporary Political Philosophy: Marxism, Communitarianism and Feminism

Pt. 4. Political Economy. 10. Can Ecologism Transform Capitalism?: Sustainable Development, Ecological Modernisation and Economic Democracy. 11. Alternatives to 'Greened' Capitalism: Market Socialism and Global Ecology. 12. Conclusion

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781474464307

1474464300