The Ethics of the Global Environment

Robin Attfield

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2015

The Ethics of the Global Environment

Robin Attfield

In the series Edinburgh Studies in Global Ethics

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748654826

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About this book

Learn how ethical principles and concepts apply to global environmental problems

This fully updated and expanded textbook gives you new reflections on global environmental issues. It looks at issues including climate change, sustainable development and biodiversity preservation, and sensitively addresses global developments such as the Summits at Durban on climate and at Nagoya on biodiversity. Robin Attfield gives an ethical critique of current international environmental problems and negotiations, and explains how international regimes will need to change to be able to cope with global environmental problems.

New for this edition

A new chapter on the ethics of climate change
Up-to-date case studies on issues such as Haiti’s re-forestation project, food sovereignty and resistance to the Xayaburi Dam
New passages on lobbying websites and the Yasuni Reserve in Equador

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	vi
List of Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I. Concepts, Theories and Values
1. Nature and the Global Environment Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
2. Global Ethics and Environmental Ethics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	28
3. Trustees of the Planet Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	46
4. The Ethics of Extinction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
Part II. Applications and Issues
5. Global Resources and Climate Change Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
6. Sustainable Development Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	102
7. Population and Poverty Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	122
8. Biodiversity and Preservation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
Part III. Global Justice and Global Citizenship
9. Environmental Justice and World Order Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
10. Sustainability: Perspectives and Principles Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
11. The Ethics of Climate Change Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	202
12. World Citizenship in a Precarious World Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	224
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	265

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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 288
Keywords: Politics

eBook

Published: February 12, 2015
ISBN: 9780748654826