Defending Biodiversity: Environmental Science and Ethics

ISBN-13: 9780521146203 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 454 str.

Jonathan A. Newman; Gary Varner; Stefan Linquist

Opis

This interdisciplinary and accessible book will help environmentalists to make stronger arguments in favor of conserving biodiversity.

Recenzje

'Defending Biodiversity is an essential read for anyone who works in conservation and, in particular, anyone who is teaching a conservation-related course. You may find that, like me, you have your fundamental beliefs completely shaken.' Rebecca Nesbit, The Biologist

Spis treści

Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I. Instrumental Value Defenses: 1. Biodiversity and the environmentalist agenda; 2. Ecosystem functioning and stability; 3. The precautionary principle; 4. Agricultural and pharmaceutical benefits; 5. Nature-based tourism and 'transformative value'; 6. How far do instrumental-value defenses get us?; Part II. Intrinsic Value Defenses: 7. Methodology in philosophical ethics; 8. Extensionism in environmental ethics; 9. Ecoholism: do ecological wholes have intrinsic value?; 10. Ecoholism 2: Callicott on the Leopold land ethic; 11. Should biodiversity be conserved for its aesthetic value?; 12. How far do intrinsic value defenses go?; 13. Conclusions and personal reflections; References; Index.