Description
Environmental Ethics for the Long Term
An Introduction
Author: Nolt John
Language: EnglishSubjects for Environmental Ethics for the Long Term:
Keywords
Choice Principle; Preference Satisfaction; choice; Morally Considerable; principle; Lifetime Welfare; section; Energy Sources; outline; Sentient Animals; preference; Moral Patients; satisfaction; Living Beings; fossil; Climate Change; fuels; Fossil Fuels; utilitarians; Total Welfare; objective; Respect Principle; Care Ethics; Distant Future People; Long Term Ethics; Care Ethic; Non-sentient Organisms; Future People; Animal Ethics; Decision Table; Nonhuman Animals; Single Walled Tank; Inherent Worth; Non-human Animals; Mountain Gorilla
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Broad in scope, this introduction to environmental ethics considers both contemporary issues and the extent of humanity?s responsibility for distant future life. John Nolt, a logician and environmental ethicist, interweaves contemporary science, logical analysis, and ethical theory into the story of the expansion of ethics beyond the human species and into the far future. Informed by contemporary environmental science, the book deduces concrete policy recommendations from carefully justified ethical principles and ends with speculations concerning the deepest problems of environmental ethics. Pedagogical features include chapter outlines, annotated suggestions for further readings, the explanations of key terms when first mentioned, and an extensive glossary.
Preface Acknowledgments 1. Scientific Background2. Logic, Prescriptive Reasoning, and Ethical Theories 3. Near-term Anthropocentrism 4. Long-term Anthropocentrism 5. Animal Ethics 6. Ethics of Life 7. Applications and Speculations Glossary References
John Nolt is a philosophy professor at the University of Tennessee. He began his career as a logician, but soon took to moonlighting as an environmental activist. The activism eventually drew him into academic work in environmental ethics. He has published many articles and several books in both philosophical logic and environmental studies.