Ethics and sustainability : sustainable development and the moral life

Newton, Lisa H. 1939- (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0130617962
Physical Description: print
ix, 117 p. ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, c2003.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction: What Do We Mean by Living "Sustainably"? -- Morality: Environmental Ethics as Virtue -- Why We Will Not Achieve Sustainability through Present Means -- The Search for a Personal Ethic: Two Standard Answers and One Beyond Them -- Utilitarianism -- The Kantian Alternative to Utilitarianism -- The Search for a Land Ethic -- The Next Foundation for Ethics -- Virtue Ethics: From Aristotle to Leopold -- Conclusion: A Model Worth Cherishing -- Technology: Living Lightly Upon the Earth -- How Small Is Beautiful: Schumacher and Appropriate Technology -- Natural Capitalism: Assessing the Damage and Changing the Mindset -- Green Automobiles -- Green Houses -- Sustainable Water -- Green Waste -- Green Consumption -- An Appreciation of the Potential -- Stewardship: The Responsible Person -- Hope, Despair, and Acceptance -- The Fallacy of Rational Utilitarianism -- Simplicity -- Spiritual Simplicity -- Cultural Simplicity -- Political Simplicity -- The Shakertown Pledge -- Economic Simplicity -- Environmental Simplicity -- Responsibility -- Responsibility for the Self -- The Community: Family, Village, and Polis -- Responsibility for Nature -- The Worldview of Stewardship.