Alan S Miller

Gaia Connections

An Introduction to Ecology, Ecoethics, and Economics

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Produktbeschreibung

Gaia Connections addresses several arenas of concern as humankind faces an escalating ecological and moral crisis in this new millennium. Beginning with an overview of the history of philosophy and the importance of traditional thinking on modern-day ethical reflection, the book then looks at the development of theories of justice, the problems of equity in global human relations, the inability of existing economic systems to resolve our human and environmental dilemmas, the unnatural connections now obtaining between genuine human need and the technological drift of science, the new genetics and reproductive technologies, and the nature of modern war.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 324
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juli 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 142mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 422g
• ISBN-13: 9780742531437
• ISBN-10: 0742531430
• Artikelnr.: 21908876

Autorenporträt

By Alan S. Miller

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 List of Tables and Figures Chapter 2 Preface to the Second
Edition Chapter 3 Acknowledgments Chapter 4 Introduction Part 5 I
Environmental Ethics Chapter 6 A Context for Study and Action Chapter 7 The
Global Background Chapter 8 International Efforts to Heal the Planet
Chapter 9 Ecoethics Chapter 10 Case Studies in Ecoethics Part 11 II
Ecophilosophy Chapter 12 Shallow, Deep, and Deepest Ecology Chapter 13
Ecofeminism Chapter 14 Women, Men, and Nature Chapter 15 Alternative
Approaches to Environmental Ethics Part 16 III Theories of Justice Chapter
17 General Principles in Ethics Chapter 18 Theories of Justice in the Past
Chapter 19 Modern Theories of Justice Chapter 20 Actors in the Modern
Ethical Debate Part 21 IV World Order Imperatives Chapter 22 Global Poverty
and Structural Adjustment Chapter 23 International Debt and
Underdevelopment Chapter 24 The Poverty-Ecology Connection Chapter 25
Rights and Just Expectations Chapter 26 The Nature of Security in the
Modern World Chapter 27 The Peace Equation Chapter 28 Economic Conversion
Equals Job Insurance Chapter 29 New Politics and Paradigms for the Solar
Age Part 30 V The Moral Demand for the Biological Steady State Chapter 31
The Pros and Cons of the Sustainability Debate Chapter 32 The Two Faces of
Scarcity Chapter 33 Biological Ethics and Thermodynamics Part 34 VI
Economics As If Nature Mattered Chapter 35 Overlapping Environmental
Disruptions Chapter 36 Contending Economic Approaches Chapter 37 Dilemmas
of Political Economy Chapter 38 New Economic Orders Part 39 VII Bioethical
Limits to Scientific Inquiry Chapter 40 The Militarization of Science
Chapter 41 The Limits of Science Chapter 42 Science, Systems, and Nature
Part 43 VIII Genetic Engineering Chapter 44 The History and the Science of
Recombinant DNA Chapter 45 Controlling Recombinant Research in the
Laboratory Chapter 46 From the Laboratory to the Fields Chapter 47
Molecules and the Military Chapter 48 Patents Pending Chapter 49 Science
for People or Science for Profit Part 50 IX Unnatural Connections: Dilemmas
of Biotechnology Chapter 51 The Human Genome Project Chapter 52 Down on the
Farm with the Genetic Engineers Chapter 53 The Confusion over Corn Chapter
54 Policy and Regulation Chapter 55 Two Centuries in Reproductive System
Research Part 56 X Genetic Counseling Chapter 57 Genetic Screening: The
Identification of Genetic Disease Chapter 58 Molecular Genetics and
Medicine Chapter 59 The Gene Hunt Chapter 60 Prenatal Screening Programs
Chapter 61 Abortion Dilemmas in Genetic Diagnosis Chapter 62 Fertilization
in Vitro Chapter 63 The Nature of Abnormality Part 64 XI Bioethics I: The
Rights of People Chapter 65 Health Care and Medical Allocations Chapter 66
The U.S. Health Care System Chapter 67 Distributive Justice Chapter 68 Who
Gets What? Part 69 XII Bioethics II: Staying in Control Chapter 70 Informed
Consent throughout History Chapter 71 The Rights of Patients Chapter 72 The
Right to Live or Die Part 73 XIII The Selfish Gene Reconsidered Chapter 74
Sociobiology Chapter 75 Alternative Evolutionary Theories Chapter 76
Evolution and Ethics Chapter 77 Toward an Evolutionary Ethic Part 78 XIV
The Social Sources of Environmental Values Chapter 79 Person/Society
Influences Chapter 80 Student Reflection on Values Part 81 XV Ecoethics and
Modern War Chapter 82 Just War Theory Revisited Chapter 83 Selective
Opposition to War Chapter 84 The Dilemma of Nuclear War Chapter 85 Just War
Options Today Part 86 XVI All God's Creatures Chapter 87 Moral Rights for
Animals?: Animal Experimentation Chapter 88 Animals for Food Chapter 89 All
Flesh Is Grass Part 90 XVII Perspectives on Environmental Change Chapter 91
The Environmental Movement Chapter 92 Reagan-Bush-Clinton-Bush-Era
Environmentalism Chapter 93 The Ideological Rifts Chapter 94 The Global
Movement of the Greens Chapter 95 The Labor-Health-Environmental Connection
Chapter 96 A Concluding Unscientific Postscript Chapter 97 "The Influence
Coming into Play: The Seven of Pentacles" Chapter 98 Supplementary Reading
List Chapter 99 Index Chapter 100 About the Author