Includes bibliographical references (p. 381-400) and index.
Contents
Compass points in environmental philosophy -- Environmental philosophy is environmental activism : the most radical and effective kind -- How environmental ethical theory may be put into practice -- Holistic environment ethics and the problem of ecofascism -- Just the facts, ma'am -- Can a theory of moral sentiments support a genuinely normative environmental ethic? -- Do deconstructive ecology and sociobiology undermine the Leopold Land Ethic? -- Case against moral pluralism -- Moral monism in environmental ethics defended -- Genesis and John Muir -- Rolston on intrinsic value : a deconstruction -- Intrinsic value in nature : a metaethical analysis -- Metaphysical transition in farming : from the Newtonian-mechanical to the Eltonian-ecological -- Environmental wellness -- After the environmental paradigm, what? -- Whither conservation ethics? -- Aldo Leopold's concept of ecosystem health -- Value of ecosystem health -- Ecological sustainability as a conservation concept.
