Ecologism : : An Introduction / / Brian Baxter.

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...

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Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©1999
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (256 p.)
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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