The Moral Austerity of Environmental Decision Making

, by Gillroy, John Martin; Bowersox, Joe; Buck, Susan (CON); Paehlke, Robert (CON)

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ISBN: 9780822328506 | 082232850X
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 6/1/2002

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"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

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Preface

Introduction: The Roots of Moral Austerity in Environmental Policy Discourse

(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

(5)

Susan Buck

Science Is No Substitute for Moral Principle

(7)

Robert Paehlke

Environmental justice without Social justice?

Why Environmental Thought and Action Must Include Considerations of Social Justice

(6)

Joel J. Kassiola

Environmental Justice: Private Preference or Public Necessity?

(8)

Joe Bowersox

Nature Has Only an Instrumental Value

Sustainability: Descriptive or Performative?

(11)

Bryan Norton

Are Environmental Values All Instrumental?

(10)

Mark Sagoff

Intrinsic Value Implies No Use and a Threat to Democratic Governance

A Practical Concept of Nature's Intrinsic Value

(7)

John Martin Gillroy

On Intrinsic Value and Environmental Ethics

(10)

Bob Pepperman Taylor

Part II. Case Studies in Sustainable Environmental Policy and Law

Introduction

(2)

The Subnational Role in Sustainable Development: Lessons from American States and Canadian Provinces

(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

(28)

Notes

342

(9)

References

351

(24)

Contributors

375

(2)

Index

377

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The Moral Austerity of Environmental Decision Making

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