Earthcare

Earthcare: Readings and Cases in Environmental Ethics presents a diverse collection of writings from a variety of authors on environmental ethics, environmental science, and the environmental movement overall. Exploring a broad range of world views, religions and philosophies, David W. Clowney and Patricia Mosto bring together insightful thoughts on the ethical issues arising in various areas of environmental concern.

This anthology, designed for use in undergraduate courses in environmental ethics, includes new and classic readings by leading writers in the field, full-length case studies, and many short discussion cases. Introductions and discussion questions are provided for all the essays, with each chapter introduced by a summary of the issues and appropriate philosophic, historical and scientific background. Exploring ethical theory, environmental ethics, science and the environmental movement, Earthcare also offers suggestions for students on how to think about ethics and the environment. Through many worldviews, religions and philosophical perspectives, this collection grapples with environmental ethics issues from valuing nature, concerns about the atmosphere, water, land, animals, and human population as well as the interlocking and often problematic interests of business, consumption, energy and sustainability. This book also features examples of a wide variety of environmentally engaged individuals, giving students a way of seeing the connections between the material studied and what they themselves might accomplish.

1 Preface: The Design of This Book and How to Get the Most Out of It
2 Acknowledgments
3 Part I: A Philosophical and Ethical Framework for Environmental Ethics
4 CHAPTER 1: Introduction
5 CHAPTER 2: The worldviews of the Abrahamic religions and the environment
6 CHAPTER 3: Asian, Native American, and Modern Western Worldviews and the Environment
7 CHAPTER 4: Valuing Nature
8 CHAPTER 5: Deep Ecology & Biocentrism
9 CHAPTER 6: Ecofeminism
10 CHAPTER 7: Social Ecology & Environmental Justice
11 Part II: Environmental Ethics and Areas of Environmental Concern
12 CHAPTER 8: Atmospheric Problems
13 CHAPTER 9: Waste
14 CHAPTER 10: Land Degradation
15 CHAPTER 11: Water Pollution and Water Resources
16 CHAPTER 12: Biodiversity
17 CHAPTER 13: Animal Rights
18 CHAPTER 14: Global Population Expansion
19 CHAPTER 15: Sustainability, Consumption, Business and Energy
20 Epilogue