ABSTRACT

Environmental pragmatism is a new strategy in environmental thought. It argues that theoretical debates are hindering the ability of the environmental movement to forge agreement on basic policy imperatives. This new direction in environmental thought moves beyond theory, advocating a serious inquiry into the merits of moral pluralism. Environmental pragmatism, as a coherent philosophical position, connects the methodology of classical American pragmatic thought to the explanation, solution and discussion of real issues.
This concise, well-focused collection is the first comprehensive presentation of environmental pragmatism as a new philosophical approach to environmental thought and policy.

chapter |18 pages

Introduction

Environmental pragmatism and environmental ethics as contested terrain

part |84 pages

Environmental Thought and Classical American Philosophy

part |82 pages

Pragmatist Theory and Environmental Philosphy

chapter |34 pages

Integration or Reduction

Two approaches to environmental values

part |98 pages

Pragmatist Approaches To Environmental Problems

part |56 pages

Environmental Pragmatism

chapter |22 pages

Beyond Intrinsic Value

Pragmatism in environmental ethics

chapter |12 pages

Searching for Intrinsic Value

Pragmatism and despair in environmental ethics

chapter |6 pages

Unfair to Swamps

Unfair to Foundations?

chapter |14 pages

Environmental Pragmatism as Philosophy or Metaphilosophy?

On the Weston–Katz debate