An Environmental Proposal for Ethics
The Principle of Integrity
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Rowman & Littlefield
Published:10th Jan '94
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'This original discussion breaks new ground by thoroughly analyzing ethical and aesthetic values, centering on the concept of ecological integrity, that apply intrinsically to nature and that govern our rightful use of the environment. Those who have been waiting for an exciting account of the inherent structure and worth of ecological systems in relation to environmental policy will find it in this book.'-Mark Sagoff, Director of the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy, University of Maryland at College Park
This original discussion breaks new ground by thoroughly analyzing ethical and aesthetic values, centering on the concept of ecological integrity, that apply intrinsically to nature and that govern our rightful use of the environment. Those who have been waiting for an exciting account of the inherent structure and worth of ecological systems in relation to environmental policy will find it in this book. -- Mark Sagoff, Institute of Philosophy and Public Policy, University of Maryland
Westra's book is the best philosophical defense, to date, of the ecosystems approach to environmental ethics. It provides an excellent and comprehensive overview of the international literature in this area of applied ethics, and it offers the most sophisticated treatment, so far, of the philosophical concept of integrity. Philosophers and policymakers as well as students should learn from it. -- Dr. Kristin Shrader-Frechette, O'Neill Family Professor, Department of Biological Sciences & Department of Philosophy, University of Notre Dame
In developing her thesis, Westra addresses many of the central issues in environmental ethics. Of interest is her comparison of the repair of damaged ecosystems to the repair of unjust social systems. * Ethics: An International Journal of Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy *
Westra provides a lucid and sympathetic but not uncritical reconstruction of ecofeminism. She has no problem identifying patriarchy as one of the factors underlying the paradigm of objectification and domination, but considers it an oversimplification to see patriarchy as ^Rthe^I root of the problem. -- David Schmidtz, ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES
ISBN: 9780847678952
Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm
Weight: 454g
240 pages