Mar 25, 2020 holmes rolston iii is widely recognized as the father of environmental ethics as an academic discipline. According to environmental ethics, humans are part of the natural community rather than managers of it. Environmental ethics, volume 3, number 4, winter 1981. An anthology brings together seminal writings on the central questions in environmental ethics. Although others planted seeds before rolston, theirs were mainly inspirational.
Environmental ethics stanford encyclopedia of philosophy. Is there a need for a new, an environmental, ethic. With characteristic rigor, rolston proves once again to be a moral explorer par excellence. Environmental ethics and the contested foundations of environmental policy. Arthur cooper, former president of the ecological society of america, correctly noted that a lot of environmental ethics and policy directly relies on ecological science cooper 1982, 348.
His new book not only surveys the existing terrain of environmental ethics literature, but it persuasively argues for following a greener, more liferespecting morality. Of all published articles, the following were the most read within the past 12 months. Environmental ethics is comprehensive, assembles both classics and new initiatives, and is organized so as to throw into clear relief the focal issues and critical debates that define the field. As a new century and a new millennium dawn, environmental ethics is the philosophy of the future, looking outward to partner with social and life sciences, history, law, business, and literature to provide synthesis instead of the finer and finer. He has edited or coedited thirteen books, including environmental pragmatism 1996, social ecology after bookchin 1999, and technology and the good life. With reply by robin attfield, saving nature, feeding people, and ethics, pages 463471. An anthology brings together both classic and cutting edge essays which have formed. Rolston was the son and grandson of presbyterian ministers. Holmes rolston iii is widely recognized as the father of environmental ethics as an academic discipline. John oneills metaethics in a companion to environmental philosophy. Apply environmental ethical and theological theories to a concrete environmental problem. Rolston, an early and leading pioneer in studying the moral relationship between humans and the earth, surveys the full spectrum of approaches. In holmes rolston iii it also helped to launch environmental ethics as a branch of philosophical inquiry. An anthology by professor andrew light editor, holmes rolston editor online at alibris.
Review of holmes rolston, iiis a new environmental ethics. A sustainable ethic is an environmental ethic by which people treat the earth as if its resources are limited. As environmental ethics continued to grow in the twenty. Environmental ethics chaptersarticles in books rolston csu. Baird callicott taught the first environmental philosophy course in the united states in 1971, at the university of wisconsin, stevens point. It examines both anthropocentric and nonanthropocentric claims about what has value, as well as. Holmes rolston iii, american utilitarian philosopher and theologian who pioneered the fields of environmental ethics and environmental philosophy.
Environmental ethics 1st edition 9780631222941 0631222944. An anthology blackwell philosophy anthologies by light, andrew, rolston iii, holmes isbn. Rolston digital archives philosophy colorado state. Environmental ethics is the discipline in philosophy that studies the moral relationship of human beings to, and also the value and moral status of, the environment and its nonhuman contents. Ethics and environmental ethics andrew light and holmes rolston iii.
Rolstons environmental ethic is merely the beginning of a fuller theory and that. Holmes rolston natural environment global warming causes. Andrew light is assistant professor of environmental philosophy and director of the graduate program in environmental conservation education at new york university. This book inspired animal ethics through applying utilitarianism to argue for equal consideration of. Holmes rolston iii american philosopher and theologian. In the introduction of andrew light and holmes rolstons book, environmental ethics. The book comprises both classic and cuttingedge essays that have formed. Rolston library in eddy library at colorado state university mendel medal. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. In his book science and religion 1987, he wrote that science is here to stay, and the religion that is divorced from science today will leave no offspring. An overview of environmental ethics research portal. Mar 31, 2017 author of philosophy, ethics, environmental ethics, philosophy of religion, moral philosophy, life and death, ethical theory, philosophical traditions.
Environmental ethics an anthology 1st edition rent. Environmental ethics emerged in the mid1970s and has been exponentially growing in volume and scope ever since. An overview of environmental ethics by clare palmer the land ethic by aldo leopold. Environmental ethics internet encyclopedia of philosophy. Analysis of andrew light and holmes rolston s book. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. Palmer, ca 2003, an overview of environmental ethics. The volume also discusses alternatives to traditional. It examines both anthropocentric and nonanthropocentric claims about what has. Environmental ethicsthe study of ethical questions raised by human relations with the nonhuman environmentemerged as an important subfield of philosophy during the 1970s.
An anthology, published 2002 under isbn 9780631222941 and isbn. Rolston presents a strong argument for a valuecentered ecological ethic. Reprinted in andrew light and holmes rolston, iii, eds. A crisis in birder identification, the two terms most predominately relating to the text are moral patients and moral agents. Environmental ethics, by holmes rolston iii, represents one of the most thorough and provocative works in the field of environmental philosophy to date. Rolston digital archives philosophy colorado state university. Environmental ethics starts with human concerns for a quality. An anthology blackwell ee course schedule week 1 introductions. The main concepts discussed include moral agents, moral patients. Roderick nashs ethical extension and radical environmentalism in the rights of. The book comprises both classic and cuttingedge essays that have formed contemporary environmental ethics, ranging from the welfare of animals versus ecosystems to theories of the intrinsic value of nature.
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He earned a bachelors degree in physics and mathematics from davidson college near. Andrew light is assistant professor of environmental philosophy at new york university, and research fellow at the institute for environment, philosophy, and public policy at lancaster university, uk. We have new and used copies available, in 1 editions. The volume also discusses alternatives to traditional environmental. By classical accounts, ethics is people relating to people in justice and love. He has edited or coedited thirteen books, including environmental pragmatism 1996, social ecology after bookchin 1999, and technology and the good life 2000. Environmental ethics by andrew light, 9780631222934, available at book depository with. Four years later rolston cofounded the journal environmental ethics.
Such an ethic places limits on human activities such as uncontrolled resource use that may adversely affect the natural community. In addressing the essential question of the intrinsic value of the natural world rolston is laying the groundwork for a new understanding of humanitys place in the world. In fact, to illustrate this point, one need think only of cases such as banning ddt, limiting acid rain, managing coastal. Edited by andrew light, edited by professor holmes rolston iii. This book is organized by environmental topics to encourage critical thinking about complex issues. An anthology provides an excellent introduction, at once accessible and thorough, to this increasingly important and urgent area of study. Specifically designed for course use, environmental ethics.
In light of this, once it is recognized that we have environmental obligations, all areas of ethics are affected, including just war theory, domestic distributive justice, global distributive justice, human rights theory and many others. It is an invaluable guide for navigating the rapidly changing terrain that is environmental ethics, and one that pushes the field forward on a. An anthology brings together both classic and cuttingedge essays which have formed contemporary environmental ethics, ranging from the welfare of animals versus ecosystems to theories of the intrinsic value of nature. Values in and duties to the natural world, is generally recognized as the best available work in its field. By illustrating the vital importance and necessary interplay between of all aspects of nature, and the aesthetic, economic, religious, recreational, scientific, historical.
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