New Books: Environmental Ethics and Sustainability A Casebook for Environmental Professionals By Hal Taback, Ram Ramanan (29 Jul 2013)

Environmental Ethics and Sustainability

A Casebook for Environmental Professionals

By Hal Taback, Ram Ramanan

CRC Press – 2013 – 268 pages

Descriptions:

Environmental Ethics and Sustainability: A Casebook for Environmental Professionalsintroduces a decision-making model constructed from the viewpoint that ethics are not about the way things are, but about the way things should be.

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e first part of the book covers natural human instincts, human attitude, treatment of other species and the natural world, and fundamental concepts in environmental decision making in the public policy arena. It also provides insight and specifics on how to develop an ethics culture in an organization as well as conduct an environmental ethics education program that trains leaders, professionals, and students.

The second part of the book identifies and deals with numerous dilemmas in a case-study format, offers options, tests ethical values, and offers practice to the environmental professionals in making the right choice and evaluating the justification for those decisions.

The authors of this book explore the notion that doing the right thing is not a natural human instinct, and that the techniques needed for resolving an ethical dilemma require training. The book defines ethics as "the difference between what a person has the right to do and the right thing to do!" It details a framework for understanding and resolving various ethical claims and concentrates on providing hands-on practical training for environmental practitioners and students aspiring to become environmental leaders and professionals.

Contents:

Section I Environmental Ethics—Genesis and ChallengesNatural Instincts and Learned Behavior

Environmental Ethics and Public Policy

Environmental Ethics and Corporate Governance

Environmental Ethics Training for Leaders and Professionals

Section II Environmental Ethical Dilemmas—Case Studies

Environmental Dilemmas—On-the-Job Conflict Situations

Environmental Dilemmas—Judgment/Decision Situations

Glossary

Appendix

Index

For more information: http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9781466584204/

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New Book: Doing Environmental Ethics by Robert Traer

Doing Environmental Ethics

2nd Edition

Robert Traer (Author)

July 2012
Trade Paperback · 400 Pages
$40.00 U.S. · $46.00 CAN · £26.99 U.K. · €28.99 E.U.
ISBN 9780813347417

Description

Doing Environmental Ethics faces our ecological crisis by drawing on environmental science, economic theory, international law, and religious teachings, as well as philosophical arguments. It engages students in constructing ethical presumptions based on arguments for duty, character, relationships, and rights, and then tests these moral presumptions by predicting the likely consequences of acting on them. Students apply what they learn to policy issues discussed in the final part of the book: sustainable consumption, environmental policy, clean air and water, agriculture, managing public lands, urban ecology, and climate change. Questions after each chapter and a worksheet aid readers in deciding how to live more responsibly.

The second edition has been updated to reflect the latest developments in environmental ethics, including sustainable practices of corporations, environmental NGO actions, and rainforest certification programs. This edition also gives greater emphasis to environmental justice, Rawls, ecofeminists, and collective rights to clean air, water, and land. Revised study questions concern application and analysis, and new “Decision” inserts challenge students to analyze current environmental issues.

For more information: http://www.westviewpress.com/book.php?isbn=9780813347417#

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New book: Environmental Ethics by Andrew Kernohan

Environmental Ethics

An Interactive Introduction

Written by: Andrew Kernohan

Publication Date: August 30, 2012
368pp • Paperback
ISBN: 9781554810413 / 1554810418


This book explains the basic concepts of environmental ethics and applies them to global environmental problems. The author concisely introduces basic moral theories, discusses how these theories can be extended to consider the non-human world, and examines how environmental ethics interacts with modern society's economic approach to the environment. Online multiple-choice questions encourage the reader's active learning.

Comments:

"Andrew Kernohan's Environmental Ethics: An Interactive Introduction is a fantastic text. Among its many strengths is the fact that it goes deeper into the intersection of environmental ethics, public policy, and economics than any other introductory text I have seen, and makes the important but often difficult ideas that lie in that intersection clear and accessible to complete newcomers. Additionally, its online component is ample and well-constructed, and a terrific resource for instructors and students alike." - Craig Duncan, Ithaca College

"It is high time that philosophers do more than speculate amongst themselves about issues of environmental ethics. Andrew Kernohan not only provides an interactive teaching tool, but equally importantly, he invites the reader to do environmental ethics. This engaging volume shows how philosophy can be vital to matters of environmental decision making and public policy." - Ingrid Leman Stefanovic, University of Toronto

 
Table of Contents:

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part I: Ethical Theory

Chapter 1: Introduction to Environmental Ethics
Chapter 2: Metaethics
Chapter 3: Ethical Analysis
Chapter 4: Ethical Egoism
Chapter 5: Utilitarianism
Chapter 6: Virtue Ethics
Chapter 7: Rights
Chapter 8: Justice

Part II: Environmental Ethics

Chapter 9: Obligations to Distant People
Chapter 10: Future Generations
Chapter 11: Animal Welfare
Chapter 12: Animal Rights
Chapter 13: Biocentric Ethics
Chapter 14: Ecocentric Ethics
Chapter 15: Ecofeminism
Chapter 16: Deep Ecology

Part III: Ethics, Economics, and the Environment

Chapter 17: Ethics and Economics
Chapter 18: Free-Market Environmentalism
Chapter 19: External Costs and Public Goods
Chapter 20: Cost-Benefit Analysis
Chapter 21: Precautionary Principles
Chapter 22: Pollution Control
Chapter 23: Sustainable Development
Chapter 24: The Market Worldview

Glossary
References
Index

For more information about the book:  http://www.broadviewpress.com/product.php?productid=1116&cat=0&page=1

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