ETHICS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

ISBN: 9781516511204 Géneros: TQ Sinópsis: Ethics for Environmental Policy develops a set of lifecentered decision principles and virtues and provides guidance in using these principles in public policy decisionmaking and in the practices central to good planetary citizenship  It begins with a review of how the relationship between humans and nonhuman nature has been conceived in various cultural traditions throughout the centuries and examines elements of an attitudinal orientation grounded in four environmental virtues respect responsibility humility and gratitude Subsequent chapters examine central issues in environmental and animal ethics and how these issues have been framed by leading writers Positions on the moral standing of future generations and of nonhuman biotic entities are taken up with attention given to contemporary debates in conservation biology public policy discussions centered on wildlife preservation and the sustainable use of natural resources  The concluding chapter in Ethics for Environmental Policy articulates four environmental principles together with a model for applying these principles in decision making To facilitate use of the model in a classroom setting an appendix provides a detailed case study and questionnaires and forms for developing model inputs and evaluating computed policyrelevant indicesAlbert Berry Crawford is a former philosophy professor whose life39s work has dealt with issues at the intersection of ethics public policy and business In addition to his career in academia Dr Crawford has served as the director of policy research at the Western Governors Policy Office and as a member of the White House intergovernmental affairs staff He also worked in corporate development at Amtrak and as a consultant in several major management consulting firms Dr Crawford has taught at the University of Colorado Utah State University and High Point University and now enjoys teaching parttime at Western Washingt