Brian Baxter

A Theory of Ecological Justice (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book argues for ecological justice - that is, for treating species besides Homo sapiens as having a claim in justice to a share of the Earth's resources.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. September 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134386017
• Artikelnr.: 47884952

Autorenporträt

Brian Baxter is a Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Dundee, where he teaches environmental politics and political philosophy. He is also the author of Ecologism: an introduction (1999) and co-editor of Europe, Globalization and Sustainable Development (2004).

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Concept of Ecological Justice Part 1: How to Think About Moral
Issues: Universalist Versus Contextualist Approaches 2. The Case for Social
Constructivism Considered 3. Contextualist Rather than Universalist and
Rationalist Morality? Part 2: The Case for the Moral Considerability of All
Organisms 4. The Restriction of Moral Status to Sentient Organisms 5. The
Moral Status of Non-Sentient Part 3: The Case for Ecological Justice 6. The
Concept of Ecological Justice - Objections and Replies 7. Liberal Theories
of Justice and the Non-Human 8. Ecological Justice and Justice as
Impartiality 9. Ecological Justice and the Non-Sentient 10. Ecological
Justice and the Sentient Part 4: Institutional Arrangements for Ecological
Justice 11. Institutional Arrangements within States 12. Institutional
Arrangements at the Global Level 13. Conclusion