1st Edition

Environmental Political Philosophy

By Wojciech W. Gasparski Copyright 2012
364 Pages
by Routledge

364 Pages
by Routledge

364 Pages
by Routledge

The need for solutions to environmental problems is urgent. Expanded environmental research and knowledge, along with interest in environmental issues, has focused attention on the social, political, and practical aspects of environmental problems. Environmental Political Philosophy searches for common environmental goals, values, and policies in society. An essential undercurrent in political... Read more
1: Changing Concepts; Environmental Justice; Remarks on Ecological Radicalism; Perfectionist Liberalism, Natural Law Jurisprudence, and the Philosophical Foundations of Environmental Law; Environmental Sustainability in Political Liberalism; Public Participation and the Legitimacy of Climate Policies; 2: Changing Society; Between Democracy and Antagonistic Environmental Politics; A Designing Human Society: A Chance or a Utopia?; On the Role of Values in the World of Technology; On Green Economics; Tackling Environmental Degradation and Poverty; 3: Changing Human Beings; The Role of Moral Status in Practice 1; Romance, Reason, and Poetry in Ecological Philosophy; Sustainable Development as an Axiological and a Civilizational Challenge; Educating for Sustainability; The Creators of Global Warming; Notes about the Authors

Biography

Wojciech W. Gasparski