Environmental justice : creating equality, reclaiming democracy / / Kristin Shrader-Frechette.

• Superior document: Environmental ethics and science policy series
• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Shrader-Frechette, K. S.
• TeilnehmendeR: ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2002
• Language: English
• Series: Environmental ethics and science policy.
• Physical Description: xiii, 269 p.

Table of Contents

• Machine generated contents note: 1 Introduction 3
• Environmentalism and Biocentrism 4
• From Environmentalism to Environmental Justice 5
• Understanding Environmental Injustice 6
• Overview of the Book 18
• 2 Distributive Justice, Participative Justice, and the Principle of Prima Facie Political Equality 23
• Overview 24
• The Principle of Prima Facie Political Equality (PPFPE) and Distributive Justice 24
• The Principle of Prima Facie Political Equality and Participative Justice 27
• Objections to the Principle of Prima Facie Political Equality 29
• How Careless Use of Science Can Encourage Environmental Injustice 34
• Federal versus Local Control of Siting: Balancing Equity and Utility 36
• A Case Study 41
• Conclusions 47
• 3 Appalachians, Access to Land, and Procedural Justice 49
• Overview 50
• Setting the Scene for the First Argument: The
• California Farmer 51
• Another Instance of Environmental Injustice: The Appalachian Farmer 53
• ProceduralJustice and End-State Principles 55
• A Procedurally Based Argumentfor Limiting Property Rights in Resources 56
• Resource Transactions, Voluntariness, and the Lockean Proviso 56
• Suggestions for Limiting Property Rights in Land 62
• Objections to the Argument 63
• A Second Argument for Limiting Property Rights in Resources 64
• Objections to the Second Argument 65
• Conclusion 68
• 4 African Americans, LULUs, and Free Informed Consent 71
• Reverend Coleman and the South Side 71
• Overview 74
• A Case Study: Homer, Louisiana 74
• The Louisiana Siting Was Not EthicallyJustified 77
• Objections and Replies: An EnvironmentallyJust Energy Policy 84
• Objections and Replies: No Economic Need for the Plant 90
• Postscript 92
• 5 Equity and Duties to Future Generations: The Case of Yucca Mountain 95
• Overview 95
• Prima Facie Arguments for Equal Treatment 96
• Utilitarian Objections 97
• Duties to Future Generations 100
• Consent and Future Persons 105
• Practical and Legal Considerations Affecting Justice for Future People 113
• Conclusions 116
• 6 Native Peoples and the Problem of Paternalism 117
• Colonialism and the Exploitation of Indigenous People: The Case of Shell Oil 118
• Overview 121
• Paternalism, Consent, and Participative Justice 122
• The Mescalero Apache, Paternalism, and Waste Disposal 124
• Environmental Justice and the Mescalero 126
• Geographical Inequality, Distributive Justice, and the Mescalero 128
• History of the Nuclear Waste Issue 129
• Science Relevant to Nuclear Waste Problem 131
• Conclusion 132
• 7 Risky Occupational Environments, the Double Standard, and Just Compensation 135
• Overview 136
• The Double Standard 137
• Historical Background 138
• The Theory of the Compensating Wage Differential 139
• Arguments against the CWD 148
• A Case Study: Six Hundred Thousand DOE Workers 152
• Conclusions and Alternatives 161
• 8 Developing Nations, Equal Protection, and the Limits of Moral Heroism 163
• Overview 165
• The Social Progress Argument 166
• The BloodyLoafArgument 167
• The Consent Argument and a Moral Response to It 171
• The Economic-RealityArgument and a Moral Response to It 175
• Citizens' Responsibilities for Environmental Justice 177
• Conclusion 182
• 9 Taking Action: Public Responsibility for Environmental
• Justice 185
• Overview 185
• EnvironmentalJustice Advocacy 186
• The Tilted Playing Field 186
• Consequentialist Arguments for Environmental Justice Advocacy 195
• Deontological Arguments for Environmental Justice Advocacy 197
• Restrictions on Environmental-Justice Advocacy 197
• Practical Steps: Working with Nongovernmental Organizations 202
• Conclusion 205.