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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777593203321

Autore

Baxter Brian <1949, >

Titolo

A theory of ecological justice / / Brian Baxter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005

ISBN

1-134-38601-X

1-134-38602-8

1-280-05162-0

0-203-45849-4

0-415-75854-8

Descrizione fisica

xii, 206 p

Collana

Routledge research in environmental politics ; ; 8

Disciplina

179/.1

Soggetti

Environmental ethics

Conservation of natural resources

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-201) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1 The concept of ecological justice --  Part I How to think about moral issues --  Universalist versus contextualist approaches --  Chapter 2 The case for social constructivism considered --  What is at issue in the universalist' contextualist dispute --  Chapter 3 Contextualist rather than universalist and rationalist morality? --  Part II The case for the moral considerability of all organisms --  Chapter 4 The restriction of moral status to sentient organisms --  Chapter 5 The moral status of the non-sentient --  Part III The case for ecological justice --  Chapter 6 The concept of ecological justice --  Objections and replies Objections in principle to the idea of ecological justice --  Chapter 7 Liberal theories of justice and the non-human --  Chapter 8 Ecological justice and justice as impartiality --  Chapter 9 Ecological justice and the non-sentient --  Chapter 10 Ecological justice and the sentient --  Part IV Institutional arrangements for ecological justice --  Chapter 11 Institutional arrangements within states --  Chapter 12 Institutional arrangements at the global level --  Chapter 13 Conclusion.