Environmental Ethics What Really Matters, What Really Works Second Edition

David Schmidtz and Elizabeth Willott

ISBN 10: 0199793514 / ISBN 13: 9780199793518

Published by Oxford University Press, 2012

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Book has very slight edge wear. Has underlining in a later chapter. Rest of book is very good.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Environmental Ethics What Really Matters, What Really Works Second Edition
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199793514
• ISBN 13: 9780199793518
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Extensively revised and expanded in this second edition, Environmental Ethics: What Really Matters, What Really Works examines morality from an environmental perspective. Featuring seventy-one accessible selections--from classic articles to examples of cutting-edge original research--it addresses both theory and practice. Asking what really matters, the first section of the book explores the abstract ideas of human value and value in nature. The second section turns to the question of what it would take to solve our real-world environmental problems. Moving beyond the "hype," it presents authoritative essays on applying environmental ethics to the issues that matter right now. The book is enhanced by chapter introductions ("Questions for Reflection and Discussion") that offer brief summaries and questions for further analysis and class discussion.

Ideal for undergraduate courses in environmental ethics, environmental philosophy, and environmental studies, Environmental Ethics, Second Edition, is also a helpful resource for graduate students and professors.

About the Author

David Schmidtz is Kendrick Professor of Philosophy and joint Professor of Economics at the University of Arizona. He is the author of Person, Polis, Planet (2008), Elements of Justice (2006), and Rational Choice and Moral Agency (1995), and coauthor of A Brief History of Liberty (2010).

Elizabeth Willott is a Principal Research Specialist in the School of Geography and Development at the University of Arizona, where she is a primary investigator on a National Science Foundation grant researching mosquito ecology in Tucson. She is also Curator of Butterfly Magic at Tucson Botanical Gardens, where she oversees the running of the butterfly display and education relative to it.