A Theory of Ecological Justice

ISBN-13: 9780415758543 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 224 str.

Brian Baxter

Opis

Brian Baxter argues for ecological justice - that is, for allowing species apart from humans a just claim to share in the resources of the Earth.

Spis treści

1. The Concept of Ecological Justice  Part 1: How to Think About Moral Issues: Universalist Versus Contextualist Approaches  2. The Case for Social Constructivism Considered  3. Contextualist Rather than Universalist and Rationalist Morality?  Part 2: The Case for the Moral Considerability of All Organisms  4. The Restriction of Moral Status to Sentient Organisms  5. The Moral Status of Non-Sentient  Part 3: The Case for Ecological Justice  6. The Concept of Ecological Justice - Objections and Replies  7. Liberal Theories of Justice and the Non-Human  8. Ecological Justice and Justice as Impartiality  9. Ecological Justice and the Non-Sentient  10. Ecological Justice and the Sentient  Part 4: Institutional Arrangements for Ecological Justice  11. Institutional Arrangements within States  12. Institutional Arrangements at the Global Level  13. Conclusion

O autorze

Brian Baxter is a Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Dundee, where he teaches environmental politics and political philosophy. He is also the author of Ecologism: an introduction (1999) and co-editor of Europe, Globalization and Sustainable Development (2004).