Description: This wide-ranging introduction to the major issues and questions in environmental ethics employs an accessible, journalistic style -- featuring current facts, real controversies, individual stories, and a vivid narrative -- that engages readers and gives meaning to abstract philosophical concepts. Topics discussed include pollution permits for corporations, medical experimentation on animals, genetic engineering, economic globalization, biodiversity, and much more. Abstract theories, ideas, and methods are introduced as needed to help readers understand and solve practical problems. The book considers the views of many thinkers including Aldo Leopold, Vandana Shiva, Garrett Hardin, Peter Singer, Julian Simon, David Korten, Jane Goodall, Holmes Rolston III, J. Baird Callicott, Karen Warren, Tom Regan, Val Plumwood, Wendell Berry, Father Thomas Berry, Daniel Quinn, and Arne Naess.

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