Environmental Ethics and Philosophy

'The volume. . . ties up all the philosophical issues that lie behind and are raised by the concept(s) of sustainable development - intergenerational equity, intragenerational justice, respect for non-human life, the problem of wilderness, eco-feminism, the monetarisability of the environment and the replaceability of natural "capital". Although there is much discussion of the meaning of equity - which is overly confused here with equity - this volume covers all of the key areas admirably. It is so refreshing to read papers that tear to pieces the notion that monetarism can ever be a way of solving environmental problems, and particularly that show how the concept of "willingness to pay", so beloved of economists, is anathema to sustainable development.' -- Hazel Greenwood, Place 'John O'Neill's introduction is outstanding . . . excellent volume, one that will be an invaluable reference work.' -- John Barry, Organization and Environment

Edited by John O'Neill, Professor of Philosophy, University of Manchester, UK, R. Kerry Turner, Professor of Environmental Sciences, School of Environmental Sciences and Director, Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE) and the Programme in Environmental Decision Making (PEDM), University of East Anglia, UK and Ian J. Bateman, OBE, Professor of Environmental Economics, Director of the Land, Environment, Economics and Policy Institute (LEEP), University of Exeter, UK

Contents: Acknowledgements Introduction: Sustainability: Ethics, Politics and the Environment John O'Neill PART I EQUALITY AND JUSTICE 1. G.A. Cohen (1989), 'On the Currency of Egalitarian Justice' 2. Derek Parfit (1997), 'Equality and Priority' 3. Richard Norman (1997), 'The Social Basis of Equality' PART II JUSTICE, EQUALITY AND FUTURE GENERATIONS 4. Gregory S. Kavka (1982), 'The Paradox of Future Individuals' 5. Derek Parfit (1982), 'Future Generations: Further Problems' 6. Robert Elliot (1989), 'The Rights of Future People' 7. Avner De-Shalit (1992), 'Community and the Rights of Future Generations: A Reply to Robert Elliot' 8. John O'Neill (1993), 'Future Generations: Present Harms' 9. Brian Barry (1996), 'Circumstances of Justice and Future Generations' 10. Wilfred Beckerman (1999), 'Sustainable Development and our Obligations to Future Generations' [Previously appeared as 'Intergenerational Equity and the Environment' 11. Brian Barry (1997), 'Sustainability and Intergenerational Justice' PART III THE MORAL CONSIDERABILITY OF THE NON-HUMAN WORLD 12. Kenneth E. Goodpaster (1978), 'On Being Morally Considerable' 13. Peter Singer (1986), 'All Animals are Equal' 14. Robin Attfield (1981), 'The Good of Trees' 15. Paul W. Taylor (1981), 'The Ethics of Respect for Nature' 16. J. Baird Callicott (1995), 'Animal Liberation: A Triangular Affair: Preface (1994)' and 'Animal Liberation: A Triangular Affair' 17. Arne Naess (1973), 'The Shallow and the Deep, Long-range Ecology Movement. A Summary' PART IV ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE 18. Ramachandra Guha (1989), 'Radical American Environmentalism and Wilderness Preservation: A Third World Critique' 19. J. Martinez-Alier (1995), 'Political Ecology, Distributional Conflicts, and Economic Incommensurability' 20. Val Plumwood (1992), 'Feminism and Ecofeminism: Beyond the Dualistic Assumptions of Women, Men and Nature' PART V ECONOMIC VALUATION 21. Mark Sagoff (1981), 'Economic Theory and Environmental Law' 22. Russell Keat (1994), 'Citizens, Consumers and the Environment: Reflections on The Economy of the Earth' 23. Robert E. Goodin (1994), 'Selling Environmental Indulgences' 24. John O'Neill (1997), 'Managing Without Prices: The Monetary Valuation of Biodiversity' PART VI SUSTAINABILITY 25. Andrew Dobson (1996), 'Environment Sustainabilities: An Analysis and a Typology' 26. Wilfred Beckerman (1994), '"Sustainable Development": Is it a Useful Concept?' 27. Herman E. Daly (1995), 'On Wilfred Beckerman's Critique of Sustainable Development' 28. Michael Jacobs (1995), 'Sustainable Development, Capital Substitution and Economic Humility: A Response to Beckerman' 29. Wilfred Beckerman (1995), 'How Would you Like your "Sustainability", Sir? Weak Or Strong? A Reply to my Critics' PART VII SUSTAINABILITY AND NATURE 30. Robert Elliot (1982), 'Faking Nature' 31. Bryan Norton (1992), 'Sustainability, Human Welfare, and Ecosystem Health' 32. Paul M. Wood (1997), 'Biodiversity as the Source of Biological Resources: A New Look at Biodiversity Values' Name Index