Book
Environmental ethics for Canadians / [edited by] Byron Williston.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780195433630 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: xvi, 424 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: Don Mills, Ont. : Oxford University Press, c2012.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes contributions by: Peter Singer, Mark Sagoff, Christopher Stone, Paul W. Taylor, Aldo Leopold, Arne Naess, William F. Baxter, Steven Kelman, Anthony Weston, Jennifer Welchman, Karen J. Warren, Victoria Davion, Allen Carlson, Ronald Moore, Glenn Parsons, Georges Sioui, Bruce Morito, Thomas E. Hill, Jr., Geoffrey Frasz, Martin Schönfield, Stephen M. Gardiner, Thomas Robert Malthus, Julian Simon, David Suzuki, David Ehrenfeld, Robert F. Litke, and Ingrid Leman Stefanovic. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [402]-412) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction. The nature of moral assessment -- Challenges to morality. Ethical egoism ; Ethical relativism -- Four normative theories. Moral standing. Animal welfarism ; Case study : sustainabilitarianism and eating beef -- Biocentrism. Ecocentrism and deep ecology ; Case study : respect for nature and the North Mackenzie River Watershed. Challenges and new directions. Economics and ecology ; Case study : aquaculture and the economic growth imperative -- Environmental pragmatism ; Case study : protecting Canada's freshwater resouce -- Ecofeminism ; Case study : dioxin in breast milk and women as frontline environmentalists -- Environmental aesthetics ; Case study : Nunavut and the reciprocity thesis -- First Nations' perspectives ; Case study : language, land, and the residential schools -- Environmental virtue ethics ; Case study : three Canadian environmentalist exemplars. Enviromental issues. Climate change ; Case study : current effects of climate change : the mountain pine beetle -- Population and consumption ; Case study : making space for grizzlies -- The biodiversity crisis ; Case study : biodiversity in Carolinian Canada -- Sustainability. Case study : nuclear power : unsustainable train to the future? |
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| Subject: | Environmental ethics > Canada. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Camosun College Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lansdowne Library | GE 42 E585 2012 (Text) | 26040003034507 | Main Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |
