ABSTRACT

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. 

chapter |2 pages

Introduction

part I|82 pages

Animals

chapter 2|11 pages

Eating

chapter 3|9 pages

Experimentation

chapter 4|11 pages

Companion animals

chapter 6|9 pages

Wild animals

chapter 7|13 pages

Hunting

part II|69 pages

Land

chapter 8|9 pages

Forests

chapter 9|14 pages

Mountains

Rethinking Thinking Like a Mountain

chapter 10|14 pages

Wilderness

chapter 11|9 pages

National Parks

chapter 12|10 pages

Landscape

chapter 13|11 pages

Property

part III|75 pages

Water

chapter 14|11 pages

Water Quality and Availability

chapter 15|11 pages

Wetlands

chapter 17|13 pages

Ocean Policy

chapter 18|10 pages

Fishing and Harvesting

part IV|84 pages

Climate

chapter 21|11 pages

Climate modeling

chapter 23|9 pages

Climate justice and equity

chapter 24|13 pages

Geoengineering

chapter 25|22 pages

Skepticism and denialism

part V|80 pages

Energy and Extraction

chapter 26|10 pages

Fossil fuels

chapter 27|11 pages

Mining

chapter 28|11 pages

Nuclear Power

chapter 29|10 pages

Hydropower

chapter 30|15 pages

Renewable energy

chapter 31|13 pages

Natural Gas and Fracking

chapter 32|8 pages

Energy Poverty

part VI|62 pages

Cities

chapter 33|15 pages

Urban Sustainability

chapter 34|10 pages

Urban Parks and Open Space

chapter 35|9 pages

Suburbs and Exurbs

chapter 36|11 pages

Transportation

chapter 37|15 pages

Waste and Consumption

part VII|56 pages

Agriculture

chapter 38|11 pages

Food

chapter 39|11 pages

Industrial Agriculture

chapter 40|11 pages

Biotechnology

chapter 41|11 pages

Sustainable Agriculture

chapter 42|10 pages

Community Gardens

part VIII|87 pages

Environmental Transformation

chapter 43|14 pages

Remediation

chapter 44|17 pages

Restoration

chapter 47|15 pages

Rewilding

chapter 48|17 pages

Novel Ecosystems

part IX|64 pages

Policy Frameworks and Response Measures

chapter 49|10 pages

Pollution and Polluter Pays

chapter 50|10 pages

Constitutional Rights

chapter 51|13 pages

Libertarianism

chapter 53|13 pages

Disaster Response

part x|62 pages

Regulatory Tools

chapter 54|8 pages

Command and Control

chapter 55|10 pages

Economic Instruments

chapter 56|11 pages

Cost-Benefit Analysis

chapter 57|11 pages

Risk assessment

chapter 58|10 pages

Precautionary Principles

chapter 59|10 pages

Adaptive Management

part xi|80 pages

Advocacy and Activism

chapter 60|12 pages

Education

chapter 61|11 pages

Everyday Aesthetics

chapter 63|16 pages

Environmental Justice

chapter 65|13 pages

Lawbreaking and Ecoterrorism