Human Value, Environmental Ethics and Sustainability

Human Value, Environmental Ethics and Sustainability

by Mark Ryan
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 03/10/2016

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It is widely acknowledged that we have a duty to protect the environment. Yet, current environmental policy discussions demonstrate that fulfilling this in practice is a difficult, complex, and costly task.


There are many ethical questions arising from such discussions. Should we care about the environment because it is economically valuable or because nature has intrinsic value? How do we establish an ethical trade-off between our current needs and those of future generations? Should we protect individual species or entire ecosystems instead? What way should we discuss societal values and ideals, or should scientific analysis take precedence within decision making practice?


This book aims to tackle some of these thorny sustainability issues and responds to them with a cohesive, original alternative in the form of the precautionary ecosystem health principle (PEHP). It provides a detailed philosophical approach and advocates that a PEHP approach is able to overcome many of these stark and challenging difficulties within sustainability theory and environmental policy.

ISBN:
9781783487998
9781783487998
Category:
Ethics & moral philosophy
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
03-10-2016
Language:
English
Publisher:
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Mark Ryan

Mark Ryan has enjoyed an eclectic entertainment career, working in international film, television and theatre for forty years, including the cult classic Robin of Sherwood, Black Sails and the hugely successful Transformers film franchise with Michael Bay. Also an accomplished author, he was one of the original creators of the groundbreaking Greenwood Tarot.

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