Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780470671825
Year: 2012
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc (US)
Pages: 240


Description:
The first comprehensive treatment of environmental philosophy,
going beyond ethics to address the philosophical concepts that
underlie environmental thinking and policy-making today


Encompasses all of environmental philosophy, including
conservation biology, restoration ecology, sustainability,
environmental justice, and more

Offers the first treatment of decision theory in an
environmental philosophy text

Explores the conceptions of nature and ethical presuppositions
that underlie contemporary environmental debates, and, moving from
theory to practice, shows how decision theory translates to public
policy

Addresses both hot-button issues, including population and
immigration reform, and such ongoing issues as historical legacies
and nations' responsibility and obligation for environmental
problems

Anchors philosophical concepts to their practical applications,
establishing the priority of the discipline's real-world
importance