Ecologism : : An Introduction / / Brian Baxter.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Baxter, Brian,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©1999
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 p.)

This textbook articulates and defends Ecologism - an ideology which has grown from the developing interest in the moral, political, economic and scientific issues centring on human relationships with the environment of the planet. The concept of Ecologism starts from the position that the non-human world is worthy of moral consideration and that this should be taken into account in the ordering of social, economic and political systems. It is recognised as a major development in Environmental Politics and, increasingly, as a significant alternative to existing political philosophies.The book provides a comprehensive and systematic survey of the main components of Ecologism, and examines elements which have been neglected in the existing literature. Written in a clear and approachable style, it covers both the current debates surrounding this key aspect of environmental political philosophy and the author's own development of these debates.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- Part One - Theory -- 2 Metaphysics -- 3 Biology and Ecologism: The Case of Sociobiology -- Part Two - Morality -- 4 The Moral Theory ofEcologism -- 5 Moral Considerability and Moral Trade-offs -- Part Three - Politics -- 6 Ecologism's Political Philosophy: Human Nature, the Human Predicament and Political Morality -- 7 Ecologism's Political Philosophy: Political Morality and Meta-issues -- 8 Ecologism and Contemporary Political Philosophy: Utilitarianism, Rawlsian Liberalism and Libertarianism -- 9 Ecologism and Contemporary Political Philosophy: Marxism, Communitarianism and Feminism -- Part Four- Political Economy -- 10 Can Ecologism Transform Capitalism?: Sustainable Development, Ecological Modernisation and Economic Democracy -- 11 Alternatives to 'Greened' Capitalism: Market Socialism and Global Ecology -- 12 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index