Short description:

Written for a wide range of readers in environmental science, philosophy, and policy-oriented programs, this volume is a landmark, comprehensive reference work in this interdisciplinary field. Not merely a review of theoretical approaches, the Companion focuses on specific environmental problems and other concrete issues.

Long description:

Written for a wide range of readers in environmental science, philosophy, and policy-oriented programs The Routledge Companion to Environmental Ethics is a landmark, comprehensive reference work in this interdisciplinary field. Not merely a review of theoretical approaches to the ethics of the environment, the Companion focuses on specific environmental problems and other concrete issues. Its 65 chapters, all appearing in print here for the first time, have been organized into the following eleven parts:

I. Animals
II. Land
III. Water
IV. Climate
V. Energy and Extraction
VI. Cities
VII. Agriculture
VIII. Environmental Transformation
IX. Policy Frameworks and Response Measures
X. Regulatory Tools
XI. Advocacy and Activism

The volume not only explains the nuances of important core philosophical positions, but also cuts new pathways for the integration of important ethical and policy issues into environmental philosophy. It will be of immense help to undergraduate students and other readers coming up to the field for the first time, but also serve as a valuable resource for more advanced students as well as researchers who need a trusted resource that also offers fresh, policy-centered approaches.?

Table of Contents:

Introduction  Part I: Animals  1. Animal Cognition and Moral Status  2. Eating  3. Experimentation  4. Companion Animals  5. Species and Wildlife  6. Wild Animals  7. Hunting  Part II: Land  8. Forests  9. Mountains: Rethinking Thinking Like a Mountain  10. Wilderness  11. National Parks  12. Landscape  13. Property  Part III: Water  14. Water Quality and Availability  15. Wetlands  16. Rivers and Watersheds  17. Ocean Policy  18. Fishing and Harvesting  19. The Ethics of Marine Protected Areas  Part IV: Climate  20. Moral Bases of Responses to Climate Change  21. Climate Modeling  22. Climate Change Mitigation  23. Climate Justice and Equity  24. Geoengineering  25. Skepticism and Denialism  Part V: Energy and Extraction  26. Fossil Fuels  27. Mining  28. Nuclear Power  29. Hydropower  30. Renewable Energy  31. Natural Gas and Fracking  32. Energy Poverty  Part VI: Cities  33. Urban Sustainability  34. Urban Parks and Open Space  35. Suburbs and Exurbs  36. Transportation  37. Waste and Consumption  Part VII: Agriculture  38. Food  39. Industrial Agriculture  40. Biotechnology  41. Sustainable Agriculture  42. Community Gardens  Part VIII: Environmental Transformation  43. Remediation  44. Restoration  45. Assisted Migration and Reintroduction  46. Zoos and Conservation  47. Rewilding  48. Novel Ecosystems  Part IX: Policy Frameworks and Response Measures  49. Pollution and Polluter Pays  50. Constitutional Rights  51. Libertarianism  52. Prediction and Forecasting  53. Disaster Response  Part X: Regulatory Tools  54. Command and Control  55. Economic Instruments  56. Cost-Benefit Analysis  57. Risk Assessment  58. Precautionary Principles  59. Adaptive Management  Part XI: Advocacy and Activism  60. Education  61. Everyday Aesthetics  62. Community Participation  63. Environmental Justice  64. Environmental Civil Disobedience  65. Lawbreaking and Ecoterrorism