Just Ecological Integrity: The Ethics of Maintaining Planetary Life / Edition 352

by Peter Miller Brennan Center for Justic, Laura Westra University of Windsor, Steven C. Rockefeller, Ana Isla, Terisa E. Turner

Overview

Just Ecological Integrity presents a collection of revised and expanded essays originating from the international conference 'Connecting Environmental Ethics, Ecological Integrity, and Health in the New Millennium' held in San Jose, Costa Rica in June 2000. It is a cooperative venture of the Global Ecological Integrity Project and the Earth Charter Initiative. Beginning with an in depth look at the history and meaning of the Earth Charter itself, Just Ecological Integrity moves to consider the systems of measurement necessary to indicate progress in achieving the Earth Charter's goals. Contributors to the volume explore such issues as the reciprocal impacts between humans and nature; human destructiveness; and the various ways in which the revaluation of nature in terms of intrinsic qualities affects broader notions of justice. A rich collection of case studies enhances the volume and examines such issues as violence, risk, and the preservation of nature in local circumstances.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780742512863
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	05/14/2002
Series:	Studies in Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	5.80(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.74(d)

About the Author

Peter Miller is professor of philosophy at the Centre for Forest Interdisciplinary Research at the University of Winnipeg and publishes in environmental ethics, forest policy, and public values. He is active on the Manitoba Round Table on Sustainable Development and several ENG's, and is a former president of the Canadian Society for the Study of Practical Ethics. Laura Westra is professor emerita of philosophy at the University of Windsor and the author or editor of numerous books, including An Environmental Proposal for Ethics (Rowman & Littlefield, 1994), Faces of Environmental Racism (Rowman & Littlefield, 1995), Perspectives on Ecological Integrity (Kluwer), The Greeks and the Environment (Rowman & Littlefield, 1997) and Technology and Values (Rowman & Littlefield, 1998).

Table of Contents

Part 1 Part 1: Valuing the Earth
Part 2 A New Global Covenant
Chapter 3 The Earth Charter
Chapter 4 The Earth Charter: An Ethical Framework for Sustainable Living
Chapter 5 The Earth Charter Principles: Source for an Ethics of Universal Responsibility
Chapter 6 The Earth Charter as a New Covenant for Democracy
Chapter 7 Ecofeminism, Integrity, and the Earth Charter: A Critical Analysis
Part 8 Humanistic Values and the Earth Charter
Chapter 9 A Pragmatic Focus on Humans
Chapter 10 Human Values as a Source for Sustaining the Environment
Chapter 11 The Earth Charter, Servant-Leadership, and Philosophy: Valuing the Earth by Implementing Ideals
Part 12 Measuring Progress and Decline
Chapter 13 Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) Accounting: Relating Ecological Integrity to Human Health and Well-Being
Chapter 14 Understanding the Consequences of Human Actions: Indicators from GNP to IBI
Part 15 People in Ecosystems: Reciprocal Impacts and Human Responsibilities
Part 16 Sustainable Agriculture and the Human Prospect
Chapter 17 The Future of Human Populations: Energy, Food and Water Availability in the Twenty-First Century
Chapter 18 Impacts of Milk and Meat on People and the Planet
Chapter 19 Integrity and Sustainability of Natural and Man-made Ecosystems
Part 20 Addressing the Destruction in Production
Chapter 21 Gold, Cyanide, and Fish in the River of Life and Death
Chapter 22 The Planetary Life Crisis: Its Systemic Cause and Ground of Resolution
Chapter 23 Global Consumption in the New Millennium
Chapter 24 What Practical Difference Would the Adoption of the Earth Charter Mean to the Resolution of Global Warming Issues?
Part 25 Justice, Conflict, and the Preservation of Nature
Part 26 What Is Environmental Justice?
Chapter 27 Socially Just Eco-Integirity: Getting Clear on the Concept
Chapter 28 The Fair Distribution of Environmental Goods
Chapter 29 A Stakeholder-Based Approach to Environmental Justice Using Geographical Information Systems
Part 30 Case Studies: Conflict, Risk, and the Preservation of Nature
Chapter 31 Violence and the Environment in Colombia: Questions Regarding Environmental Ethics
Chapter 32 Ethics and Risks in Building a Cyclotron
Chapter 33 The Tactics of Forest Preservation: Autheniticity and Rhetoric in Poland's Bialwieza Forest Preserve
Chapter 34 Can Corcovado National Park in Costa Rica Be Saved? How to Apply the Principles of the Earth Charter
Chapter 35 Gendered Resistance to Corporate Environmentalism and Debt-for-Nature Swaps in Costa Rica

Editorial Reviews

It should be of particular interest to academics, environmental and social justice activists, and policy makers. All levels.

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Should be basic reading for all peace educators, providing them with a value framework for developing educational activities that highlight the link between social and ecological peace. The book makes a unique and excellent contribution to the most important area of global value inquiry and normative behaviour of humankind for the new millennium.

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It should be of particular interest to academics, environmental and social justice activists, and policy makers. All levels.

Should be basic reading for all peace educators, providing them with a value framework for developing educational activities that highlight the link between social and ecological peace. The book makes a unique and excellent contribution to the most important area of global value inquiry and normative behaviour of humankind for the new millennium.

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It should be of particular interest to academics, environmental and social justice activists, and policy makers. All levels.

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