Richard Evanoff

Bioregionalism and Global Ethics (eBook, ePUB)

A Transactional Approach to Achieving Ecological Sustainability, Social Justice, and Human Well-being

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Current trends towards globalization require cross-cultural dialogue on a "global ethic." The transactional approach to ethics developed in this book seeks to maximize ecological sustainability, social justice, and human well-being in the context of decentralized bioregional communities confederated at appropriate levels to address problems that transcend cultural borders.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. September 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136910340
• Artikelnr.: 43073137

Autorenporträt

Richard Evanoff teaches International Communication and Environmental Ethics at Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo, Japan. He holds a Ph.D. from the Institute for Environment, Philosophy, and Public Policy at Lancaster University in the UK.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction and Overview of the Book Part
I: A Bioregional Perspective on Global Ethics 1: Bioregionalism and the
Dominant Development Paradigm 2: Cross-Cultural Dialogue on a Global Ethic
Part II: A Transactional Framework for Bioregional Ethics 3:
Transactionalism and Bioregional Ethics 4: The Coevolution of Nature and
Society 5: The Social Construction of Nature Part III: Harmonizing Self,
Society, And Nature 6: Beyond Anthropocentrism and Ecocentrism 7:
Communicative Ethics and Moral Considerability 8: Cross-Cultural Dialogue
on a Land Ethic Part IV: A Bioregional Paradigm for Global Ethics 9:
Bioregionalism and Ecological Sustainability 10: Bioregionalism and Social
Justice 11: Bioregionalism and Human Well-Being Part V: Bioregionalism in a
Global Context 12: Preserving Biocultural Diversity 13: Bringing the
Economy Home 14: Acting Locally, Interacting Globally Part VI: Globalism in
its Place 15: Global Ethics Revisited 16: Transitions to a Bioregional
"World Order" Bibliography Index