The Moral Austerity of Environmental Decision Making,9780822328650

The Moral Austerity of Environmental Decision Making

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ISBN13: 9780822328650
ISBN10: 0822328658
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-06-01
Publisher(s): Duke Univ Pr
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Summary

"This is an extremely important, in-depth normative discussion among leaders in environmental theory on the values influencing environmental decision making."--Matthew Cahn, California State University, Northridge

Table of Contents

Figures and Tables
ix
Preface xi
Introduction: The Roots of Moral Austerity in Environmental Policy Discourse 1(24)
Part I. Moral Principles and Environmental Policy: Basic Issues and Dilemmas
Science as a Substitute for Moral Principle?
Science as a Substitute for Moral Principle
25(5)
Susan Buck
Science Is No Substitute for Moral Principle
30(7)
Robert Paehlke
Environmental Justice without Social Justice?
Why Environmental Thought and Action Must Include Considerations of Social Justice
37(6)
Joel J. Kassiola
Environmental Justice: Private Preference or Public Necessity?
43(8)
Joe Bowersox
Nature Has Only an Instrumental Value
Sustainability: Descriptive or Performative?
51(11)
Bryan Norton
Are Environmental Values All Instrumental?
62(10)
Mark Sagoff
Intrinsic Value Implies No Use and a Threat to Democratic Governance
A Practical Concept of Nature's Intrinsic Value
72(7)
John Martin Gillroy
On Intrinsic Value and Environmental Ethics
79(10)
Bob Pepperman Taylor
Part II. Case Studies in Sustainable Environmental Policy and Law
Introduction
89(2)
The Subnational Role in Sustainable Development: Lessons from American States and Canadian Provinces
91(24)
Barry G. Rabe
Sustainable Development and Natural Hazards Mitigation
115(16)
Anna K. Schwab
David J. Brower
Sustainable Governance
131(14)
Jonathan Baert Wiener
Sustainability in the United States: Legal Tools and Initiatives
145(16)
Celia Campbell-Mohn
Sustainable Development and the Use of Public Lands
161(15)
Jan G. Laitos
The Impact of Political Institutions on Preservation of U.S. and Canadian National Parks
176(18)
William Lowry
Global Environmental Accountability: The Missing Link in the Pursuit of Sustainable Development?
194(15)
Robert V. Percival
Part III. Moral Principles and Sustainable Environmental Policy: An Analysis of Ends and Means
Introduction
209(3)
Science and Sustainability
Sustainability, Sustainable Development, and Values
212(7)
Robert Paehlke
Saving All the Parts: Science and Sustainability
219(8)
Susan Buck
Discussion
227(9)
Environmental Policy, Sustainability, and Social Justice
Why Environmental Public Policy Analysis Must Include Explicit Normative Considerations: Reflections on Seven Illustrations
236(11)
Joel J. Kassiola
Sustainability and Environmental Justice: A Necessary Connection
247(7)
Joe Bowersox
Discussion
254(8)
A Sustainable Environment as an Instrumental Value?
The Hedgehog, the Fox, and the Environment
262(14)
Mark Sagoff
Why Not Foxy Hedgehogs?
276(8)
Bryan Norton
Discussion
284(7)
A Sustainable Environment as an Intrinsic Value!
Sustainability: Restricting the Policy Debate
291(10)
John Martin Gillroy
Comments on Sustainability
301(6)
Bob Pepperman Taylor
Discussion
307(7)
Conclusion: Democratic Competence, Accountability, and Education in the Twenty-first Century 314(27)
Notes 341(10)
References 351(24)
Contributors 375(2)
Index 377

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