Edited by a professor of philosophy and a professor of wild life science, this anthology offers the most current
and comprehensive collection on the topic of environmental ethics available today. It surveys diverse approaches
to environmental ethics by leading writers from a variety of disciplines, and provides a historical survey of thought
on our responsibility to the environment.
New to This Edition
43 of the 65 articles in this anthology are new to this edition; they include "Putting Science in Its
Place," by Eric T. Freyfogle and Julianne L. Newton; "Just Garbage: Environmental Injustice," by
Peter S. Wenz; and "The Deep, Long-Range Ecology Movement: 1960-2000?A Review," by Bill Devall.
The chapter introductions and study questions have been significantly revised and updated.
The third edition offers greater emphasis on social applications and issues.
Features
The text relates environmental ethics to science, ethics, aesthetics and history.
Comprehensive coverage includes the dominant approaches to environmental ethics: anthropocentrism, individualism,
and ecocentrism.
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
"Unchopping a Tree," W.S. Merwin
For Further Reading
PART ONE: THE MULTI-DISCPLINARY CONTEXT OF ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS
CHAPTER ONE: SCIENCE
"Conduct, Misconduct, and the Structure of Science," James Woodward and David Goodstein
"Putting Science in its Place," Eric T. Freyfogle and Julianne L. Newton
"Facing the Problem of Uncertainty," Ragner Fjelland
"Feminism and the Study of Behavior," Marlene Zuk
"The Little Things that Run the World," E.O. Wilson
Discussion Topics
Class Exercises
For Further Reading
CHAPTER TWO: MORALITY
"A Short Introduction to Moral Philosophy," James Rachels
"Some Basic Points about Arguments," James Rachels
"Environmental Ethics: Values in and Duties to the Natural World," Holmes Rolston, III
"Environmental Ethics and the Social Construction of Nature," Anna Peterson
"Environmental Ethics as Environmental Etiquette," Jim Cheney and Anthony Weston
"Just Garbage: Environmental Injustice," Peter S. Wenz
Discussion Topics
Class Exercises
For Further Reading
CHAPTER THREE: AESTHETICS
"Walking," Henry David Thoreau
"A Near View of the High Sierras," John Muir
"A More-Than-Human World," David Abram
"The Land Aesthetic," J. Baird Callicott
"The Far Outside," Gary Nabhan
Discussion Topics
Class Exercises
For Further Reading
CHAPTER FOUR: HISTORICAL CONTEXT
"The Ancient Roots of our Ecological Crisis," J. Donald Hughes
"Anglo-American Land Use Attitudes," Eugene C. Hargrove
"Whither Conservation Ethics?" J. Baird Callicott
"Wasty Ways: Stories of American Settlement," Alan Taylor
"Nature in Industrial Society," Neil Evernden
"Rachel Carson's Environmental Ethics," Philip Cafaro
Discussion Topics
Class Exercises
For Further Reading
PART TWO: FUNDAMENTAL WORLD VIEWS
CHAPTER FIVE: RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES
"The Historical Roots of our Ecologic Crisis," Lynn White, Jr.
"Created in the Image of God: Humanity and Divinity in an Age of Environmentalism," Lawrence Troster
"Environmental Ethics: Some Challenges for Christians," Holmes Rolston, III
"Islamic Environmental Ethics, Law and Society," Mawil Y. Izzi Deen (Samarrai)
"Voices from White Earth," Winona LaDuke
"The Sun my Heart," Thich Nhat Hanh
"Ideologies of Environmentalism," Madhav Gadgil and Ramachandra Guha
Discussion Topics
Class Exercises
For Further Reading
CHAPTER SIX: ANTHROPOCENTRISM
"Animals are Machines," Rene Descartes
"Duties to Animals: The Failure of Kant's Moral Theory." J. Skidmore
"Anthropocentrism: A Modern Version," W.H. Murdy
"The Golden Rule: A Proper Scale for our Environmental Crisis," Stephen Jay Gould
"The Invented Landscape," Frederick Turner
Discussion Topics
Class Exercises
For Further Reading
CHAPTER SEVEN: INDIVIDUALISM
from The Case for Animal Rights, Tom Regan
"Equality for Animals?" Peter Singer
"Environmental Values," Peter Singer
"Animal Liberation is an Environmental Ethic," Dale Jamieson
from Respect for Nature: A Theory of Environmental Ethics, Paul Taylor
"Biocentric Individualism," Gary Varner
Discussion Topics
Class Exercises
For Further Reading
CHAPTER EIGHT: ECOCENTRISM
"The Land Ethic," Aldo Leopold
"Whither Conservation Ethics?" J. Baird Callicott
"Aldo Leopold's Concept of Ecosystem Health," J. Baird Callicott
"The Land Ethic at the Turn of the Millennium," Holmes Rolston, III
"The Deep, Long-Range Ecology Movement: 1960-2000--A Review," Bill Devall
Discussion Topics
Class Exercises
For Further Reading
CHAPTER NINE: ECOFEMINISM
"Quilting Ecofeminism," Karen Warren
"Ecofeminism," Vandana Shiva and Maria Mies
from States of Grace, Charlene Spretnak
from The Legacy of Luna, Julia Butterfly Hill
"Is Ecofeminism Feminist?" Victoria Davion
Discussion Topics
Class Exercises
For Further Reading
CHAPTER TEN: ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS IN SOCIETY
BIOTECHNOLOGY
"Biocentrism and Genetic Engineering," Andrew Dobson
"Ecological Risks and Benefits of Transgenic Plants," G. L. Lovei
"The Ecological Critique of Agricultural Biotechnology," Mark Sagoff
"Rights to Life? On Nature, Property and Biotechnology," John Meyer
PROPERTY
"The Tragedy of the Commons," Garrett Hardin
"Visitors to the Commons: Approaching Thailand's Environmental Struggles from a Western Starting Point,"
Larry Lohmann
"Taking the Land Rights Movement Seriously," Kirk Emerson
ECONOMICS
from Free Market Environmentalism, Terry Anderson and Donald Leal
"At the Monument to General Meade, or On the Difference Between Beliefs and Benefits, " Mark Sagoff
"Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) Accounting: Relating Ecological Integrity to Human Health and Well-Being,"
Mark Anielski and Colin L. Soskolne
"Can We Afford to Conserve Biodiversity?" Alexander James, Kevin J. Gaston, and Andrew Balmford
LAW
from Should Trees Have Standing? Toward Legal Rights for Natural Objects, Christopher Stone
POLICY
"Fragile Freedoms," Bryan G. Norton
"The Relevance of Environmental Ethical Theories for Policy Making," Mikael Stenmark
MANAGEMENT
"Environmental Ethical Issues in Water Operations and Land Management," Cheryl Davis
POLITICS
"Ecological Democracy," John Dryzek
"Leopold as Advocate," Sara Vickerman
CASE STUDIES AND DILEMMAS
A. Endangered Species: The Nene
B. The Klamath River: Farmers, Fishers, Native Americans and Salmon
C. The Makah Indian Tribe and Whale Hunting
D. Scientists as Advocates
E. Are We on a Lifeboat?
