The Moral Austerity Of Environmental Decision Making

Author : John Martin Gillroy,Joe Bowersox
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2002-06-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780822383468

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The Moral Austerity of Environmental Decision Making by John Martin Gillroy,Joe Bowersox Pdf

In The Moral Austerity of Environmental Decision Making a group of prominent environmental ethicists, policy analysts, political theorists, and legal experts challenges the dominating influence of market principles and assumptions on the formulation of environmental policy. Emphasizing the concept of sustainability and the centrality of moral deliberation to democracy, they examine the possibilities for a wider variety of moral principles to play an active role in defining “good” environmental decisions. If environmental policy is to be responsible to humanity and to nature in the twenty-first century, they argue, it is imperative that the discourse acknowledge and integrate additional normative assumptions and principles other than those endorsed by the market paradigm. The contributors search for these assumptions and principles in short arguments and debates over the role of science, social justice, instrumental value, and intrinsic value in contemporary environmental policy. In their discussion of moral alternatives to enrich environmental decision making and in their search for a less austere and more robust role for normative discourse in practical policy making, they analyze a series of original case studies that deal with environmental sustainability and natural resources policy including pollution, land use, environmental law, globalism, and public lands. The unique structure of the book—which features the core contributors responding in a discourse format to the central chapters’ essays and debates—helps to highlight the role personal and public values play in democratic decision making generally and in the field of environmental politics specifically. Contributors. Joe Bowersox, David Brower, Susan Buck, Celia Campbell-Mohn, John Martin Gillroy, Joel Kassiola, Jan Laitos, William Lowry, Bryan Norton, Robert Paehlke, Barry G. Rabe, Mark Sagoff, Anna K. Schwab, Bob Pepperman Taylor, Jonathan Wiener

Author : John Martin Gillroy,Joe Bowersox
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2002-06-17
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0822328658

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The Moral Austerity of Environmental Decision Making by John Martin Gillroy,Joe Bowersox Pdf

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Author : Robert Mugerauer,Lynne Manzo
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0739120581

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Environmental Dilemmas by Robert Mugerauer,Lynne Manzo Pdf

Environmental Dilemmas focuses on the ethical problems and dilemmas that emerge in place-based professional practices_architecture, landscape architecture, planning, engineering, and construction management. Mugerauer and Manzo connect decision-making to major ethical theories, principles, and rules, and professional codes of ethics.

Author : Mikael Stenmark
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781351939706

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Environmental Ethics and Policy-Making by Mikael Stenmark Pdf

Environmental issues raise crucial questions. What should we value? What is our place in nature? What kind of life should we live? How should we interact with other living things? Environmental management and policy-making is ultimately based on answers to these and similar questions, but do we need a new ethics to be able overcome the environmental crisis we face? This book addresses these important questions and explores the values that decision-makers often presuppose in their environmental policy-making. Examining the content of the ethics of sustainable development that the UN and the world’s governments want us to embrace, this book examines alternatives to this kind of ethics, and the differences in basic values that these make in practice. Offering a detailed analysis of the ethics that lie behind current policy-making as it is expressed in documents such as Agenda 21 and the Rio Declaration, this unique contribution to the field of environmental studies shows how different environmental ethical theories support different goals of environmental management and generate different policies when it comes to population growth, agriculture, and preservation and management of wilderness areas and endangered species. Mikael Stenmark concludes that policy-makers must take more seriously the value assumptions and conflicts connected to environmental issues, and state explicitly on what values their own proposals and decisions are based and why these should be accepted. Those studying environmental issues or environmental philosophy will find this accessible text invaluable in presenting a clear understanding of environmental ethics and contemporary applications and policies.

Author : C. Richard Cothern
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-17
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1420048732

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Handbook for Environmental Risk Decision Making by C. Richard Cothern Pdf

This handbook describes the broad aspects of risk management involving scientific policy judgment, uncertainty analysis, perception considerations, statistical insights, and strategic thinking. This book presents all the important concepts to enable the reader to "see the big picture." This ability is extremely important - it allows the decision maker or strategic environmental planner to understand and cope with a wide variety of complex and interlinked pieces of information and data. The text presents environmental problems and, whenever applicable, the methodology required to reach a successful solution. Decisions and policies are examined. The book covers numerous objective and subjective components of environmental risk decision making. It details quantitative and comparative risk, and investigates the cost and feasibility of different decisions. Social pressures, safety, and political, religious, ethical, and psychological issues are addressed. How to evaluate the potential impact on the quality of life also is discussed. Any company doing risk assessment, risk management, or risk communication, as well as those doing environmental decision making will find this reference to be invaluable. It is also suitable as a text for courses in environmental management, environmental science, and risk assessment in the areas of risk management and strategic environmental planning.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:185354897

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Environmental Decision-making by Anonim Pdf

Author : Chad J. McGuire
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2012-04-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781439885758

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Environmental Decision-Making in Context by Chad J. McGuire Pdf

Because of the complexity involved in understanding the environment, the choices made about environmental issues are often incomplete. In a perfect world, those who make environmental decisions would be armed with a foundation about the broad range of issues at stake when making such decisions. Offering a simple but comprehensive understanding of the critical roles science, economics, and values play in making informed environmental decisions, Environmental Decision-Making in Context: A Toolbox provides that foundation. The author highlights a primary set of intellectual tools from different disciplines and places them into an environmental context through the use of case study examples. The case studies are designed to stimulate the analytical reasoning required to employ environmental decision-making and ultimately, help in establishing a framework for pursuing and solving environmental questions, issues, and problems. They create a framework individuals from various backgrounds can use to both identify and analyze environmental issues in the context of everyday environmental problems. The book strikes a balance between being a tightly bound academic text and a loosely defined set of principles. It takes you beyond the traditional pillars of academic discipline to supply an understanding of the fundamental aspects of what is actually involved in making environmental decisions and building a set of skills for making those decisions.

Author : Willis Jenkins
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781626160187

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The Future of Ethics by Willis Jenkins Pdf

The Future of Ethics interprets the big questions of sustainability and social justice through the practical problems arising from humanity’s increasing power over basic systems of life. What does climate change mean for our obligations to future generations? How can the sciences work with pluralist cultures in ways that will help societies learn from ecological change? Traditional religious ethics examines texts and traditions and highlights principles and virtuous behaviors that can apply to particular issues. Willis Jenkins develops lines of practical inquiry through "prophetic pragmatism," an approach to ethics that begins with concrete problems and adapts to changing circumstances. This brand of pragmatism takes its cues from liberationist theology, with its emphasis on how individuals and communities actually cope with overwhelming problems. Can religious communities make a difference when dealing with these issues? By integrating environmental sciences and theological ethics into problem-based engagements with philosophy, economics, and other disciplines, Jenkins illustrates the wide understanding and moral creativity needed to live well in the new conditions of human power. He shows the significance of religious thought to the development of interdisciplinary responses to sustainability issues and how this calls for a new style of religious ethics.

Author : Ben A. Minteer,Bob Pepperman Taylor
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0742515230

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Democracy and the Claims of Nature by Ben A. Minteer,Bob Pepperman Taylor Pdf

In Democracy and the Claims of Nature, the leading thinkers in the fields of environmental, political, and social theory come together to discuss the tensions and sympathies of democratic ideals and environmental values. The prominent contributors reflect upon where we stand in our understanding of the relationship between democracy and the claims of nature. Democracy and the Claims of Nature bridges the gap between the often competing ideals of the two fields, leading to a greater understanding of each for the other.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015090406508

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THE Role of Science in Regulatory Reform, Serial No. 111-23, April 30, 2009, 111-1 Hearing, * by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Administrative regulation drafting
ISBN : MINN:31951D03119041V

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The Role of Science in Regulatory Reform by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight Pdf

Author : David Schlosberg
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780199562480

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Defining Environmental Justice by David Schlosberg Pdf

The book uses both environmental movements and political theory to help define what is meant by environmental and ecological justice. It will be useful to anyone interested in environmental politics, environmental movements, and justice theory.

Author : Stephen Bocking
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2004-09-29
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780813557663

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Nature's Experts by Stephen Bocking Pdf

"With clarity and grace, Stephen Bocking tackles the complicated question of the role of scientific expertise in environmental policy making. Nature’s Experts is a timely and important book."—David H. Guston, author of Between Politics and Science: Assuring the Integrity and Productivity of Research "This book by Stephen Bocking is as much about deliberative democracy as it is about science and the environment. Stephen Bocking’s treatment is deep, perceptive, and profoundly wise. He has caught the heart of present and future environmental science, politics, and democratic governance."—C. S. Holling, The Resilience Alliance and emeritus professor, Arthur R. Marshall Jr. Chair in Ecological Sciences at the University of Florida "If knowledge is power, how should expert advice be deployed by a would-be democratic society? This perennial question is newly illuminated by this timely and wide-ranging review of the role played by science in the making of environmental policy."—William C. Clark, Harvey Brooks Professor of International Science, Public Policy, and Human Development, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government It seems self-evident that science plays a central role in environmental affairs. Regulatory agencies, businesses, and public interest groups all draw on scientific research to support their claims. Some critics, however, describe science not as the solution to environmental problems, but as their source. Moreover, the science itself is often controversial, as debates over global warming and environmental health risks have shown. Nature’s Experts explores the contributions and challenges presented when scientific authority enters the realm of environmental affairs. Stephen Bocking focuses on four major areas of environmental politics: the formation of environmental values and attitudes, management of natural resources such as forests and fish, efforts to address international environmental issues such as climate change, and decisions relating to environmental and health risks. In each area, practical examples and case studies illustrate that science must fulfill two functions if it is to contribute to resolving environmental controversies. First, science must be relevant and credible, and second, it must be democratic, where everyone has access to the information they need to present and defend their views.

Author : Howard S. Schiffman
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2011-05-03
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781452266268

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Green Issues and Debates by Howard S. Schiffman Pdf

Green Issues and Debates explores the multitude of threats to sustainable life on earth and the myriad of controversies surrounding potential solutions. The grayer shades of green are deeply examined, including such heady questions as: Is ethanol production from corn a recipe for famine? Does offshore drilling pose more of a risk to the environment than the problem it solves? Is "clean coal" a viable option or is it simply polluting the energy dilemma? Are genetically modified foods helpful or harmful? Well-respected scholars present more than 150 articles presented in A-to-Z format focusing on issues brought to the forefront by the green movement with carefully balanced pro and con viewpoints. A valuable tool for students of all facets of ecology, the environment, and sustainable development, the volume fully engages the reader, inspiring further debate within the classroom. Vivid photographs, searchable hyperlinks, numerous cross references, an extensive resource guide, and a clear, accessible writing style make the Green Society volumes ideal for the classroom as well as for research.

Author : Lucas F. Johnston
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2014-10-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317545019

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Religion and Sustainability by Lucas F. Johnston Pdf

Sustainability is now key to international and national policy, manufacture and consumption. It is also central to many individuals who try to lead environmentally ethical lives. Historically, religion has been a significant part of many visions of sustainability. Pragmatically, the inclusion of religious values in conservation and development efforts has facilitated relationships between people with different value structures. Despite this, little attention has been paid to the interdependence of sustainability and religion, and no significant comparisons of religious and secular sustainability advocacy. Religion and Sustainability presents the first broad analysis of the spiritual dimensions of sustainability-oriented social movements. Exploring the similarities and differences between the conceptions of sustainability held by religious, interfaith and secular organizations, the book analyses how religious practice and discourse have impacted on political ideology and process.