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Environmental Ethics, 2nd Edition - Couverture souple

Boylan

 
9781118494721: Environmental Ethics, 2nd Edition
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1118494725 ISBN 13 : 9781118494721
Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013

Synopsis

The second edition of Environmental Ethics combines a strong theoretical foundation with applications to some of the most pressing environmental problems. Through a mix of classic and new essays, it discusses applied issues such as pollution, climate change, animal rights, biodiversity, and sustainability. Roughly half of the selections are original essays new to this edition.

  • Accessible introduction for beginners, including important established essays and new essays commissioned especially for the volume
  • Roughly half of the selections are original essays new to this edition, including an entirely new chapter on Pollution and climate change and a new section on Sustainability
  • Includes new material on ethical theory as a grounding for understanding the ethical dimensions of the environment, our interactions with it, and our place in it
  • The text incorporates helpful pedagogy, including extensive editorial material, cases, and study questions
  • Includes key information on recent developments in the field
  • Presents a carefully selected set of readings designed to progressively move the reader to competency in subject comprehension and essay writing

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À propos de l'auteur

Michael Boylan is Professor and Chair of Philosophy at Marymount University. He is the author and editor of 26 books, including his manifesto on social/political philosophy A Just Society (2004), and on cosmopolitanism Morality and Global Justice: Justifications and Applications (2011). Boylan was himself the focus of an edited volume, Morality and Justice: Reading Boylan’s A Just Society (2009). He has served on professional and governmental policy committees and was a fellow at the Center for American Progress and a program presenter at The Brookings Institution. He has been an invited speaker in nine countries around the world, including talks in Oxford, Cambridge, Cologne, Oslo, Dublin, Sydney, and the Sorbonne.

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Éditeur
Wiley-Blackwell
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1118494725
ISBN 13 
9781118494721
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
2
Nombre de pages
416
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Personne responsable
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