Searching for Sustainability: Interdisciplinary Essays in the Philosophy of Conservation Biology

ISBN-13: 9780521809900 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 566 str.

Bryan G. Norton (Georgia Institute of Technology)

Opis

This book examines the setting of sustainability as a goal for environmental management. The author explores ways to break down the disciplinary barriers to communication and deliberation about environment policy, and to integrate science and evaluations into a more comprehensive environmental policy. The book appeals to students and professionals in the fields of environmental policy and ethics, conservation biology and philosophy.

Recenzje

"This is a grand, yet warmly human book, well worth having on the shelf as food for thought and as a reference on a range of topics that truly matter." Environmental Ethics

Spis treści

General introduction: an interdisciplinary experiment. Part I. Pragmatism as an Environmental Philosophy: 1. The constancy of Leopold's land ethic; 2. Thoreau and Leopold on science and values; 3. Integration or reduction: two approaches to environmental values; 4. Convergence corroborated: a comment on Arne Naess on wolf policies; 5. Pragmatism, adaptive management, and sustainability; Part II. Science, Policy, and Policy Science: 6. What is a conservation biologist?; 7. Biological resources and endangered species: history, values, and policy; 8. Leopold as practical moralist and pragmatic policy analyst; 9. Improving ecological communication; Part III. Economics and Environmental Sustainability: 10. Sustainability, human welfare, and ecosystem health; 11. Economists' preferences and the preferences of economists; 12. Evaluating ecosystem states: two competing paradigms; 13. The evolution of preferences: Why 'sovereign' preferences may not lead to sustainable policies and what to do about it; 14. Sustainability: ecological and economic perspectives; Part IV. Scaling Sustainability: Ecology as if Humans Mattered: 15. Context and hierarchy in Aldo Leopold's theory of environmental management; 16. Scale and biodiversity: a hierarchical approach; 17. Ecological integrity and social values: at what scale; 18. Change, constancy, and creativity: the new ecology and some old problems; 19. Democracy and sense of place values; Part V. Some Elements of a Philosophy of Sustainable Living: 20. Caring for nature: a broader look at animal stewardship; 21. Can there be a universal earth ethic? Reflections on the earth charter; 22. Intergenerational equity and sustainability; Part VI. Valuing Sustainability: Toward a More Comprehensive Approach to Environmental Evaluation: 23. Commodity, amenity, and morality: the limits of quantification in valuing biodiversity; 24. The cultural approach to conservation biology; 25. Evaluation and ecosystem management: new directions needed?; 26. What do we owe the future? An argument for introducing wolves into Adirondack Park; 27. Environmental values and adaptive management.