Understanding Environmental Philosophy (Hardcover)

Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Introduction: the place of environmental philosophy and its basic concepts; Chapter 2 Future generations: what consideration do we owe them?; Chapter 3 Animals: are they as morally valuable as human beings?; Chapter 4 Living things: ethics for the non-human world; Chapter 5 Community: how big is our moral world?; Chapter 6 Natural things: the puzzle of what “natural” means, and whether humans belong to nature; Chapter 7 Foundations: can there be a secular basis for the ideas of human dignity and intrinsic value in nature?; Chapter 8 Origins: political, religious and cultural diagnoses of environmental problems; Chapter 9 Beyond individual responsibility: governance and the affluenzic society; Questions for discussion and revision; Chapter fut Further reading;