An introductory textbook on ethical issues about the environment and our involvement with it. John Benson introduces the reader to a fundamental question: whether a concern with human well-being is an adequate basis for environmental ethics. The book explores this question by considering some of the techniques that have been used to value the environment and by critically examining light green to deep green environmentalism. It presupposes no prior knowledge of philosophy and by the end of the book readers will be able to: confidently and critically discuss aspects of the meaning of...

Presupposing no prior knowledge of philosophy, John Benson introduces the reader to one fundamental question--whether a concern with human well-being is an adequate basis for environmental ethics. The book explores this question by considering some of the techniques that have been used to value the environment and by critically examining "light green" to "deep green" environmentalism. Each chapter is then helpfully linked to a reading from key thinkers in the field and with the use of exercises, readers are encouraged to think critically about the reading themselves.