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Doing environmental ethics

An engaging and commonsense exploration of how, with a deeper sense of self and one & rsquo;s place in nature, we can begin to change our carbon footprint.

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  • ""Doing Environmental Ethics offers a way to face the earth's ecological crisis that draws on environmental science, economic theory, international law, and religious teachings, as well as philosophical arguments. It engages students in constructing ethical presumptions based on our duty (to other persons and species and also to ecosystems), our character (personal virtues), our relationships (with other persons and nature), and our rights (to sustainable development and a healthy environment). Then it tests these moral presumptions by predicting the likely consequences of acting on them"--"
  • "An engaging and commonsense exploration of how, with a deeper sense of self and one & rsquo;s place in nature, we can begin to change our carbon footprint."@en
  • ""Doing Environmental Ethics is a brief, accessible applied-ethics book offering an inclusive and practical way for an individual to personally address the world s ecological crisis. Author Robert Traer builds on a commonsense understanding of doing what is right and being a good person and suggests how, with a deeper sense of self and one's place in nature, we can begin to change our "carbon footprint." To consider and understand public policies and personal environmental practices, Traer draws on secular and religious perspectives, as well as Eastern and Western traditions. Doing Environmental Ethics devotes central attention to considerations of duty (to other people, species, and ecosystems), character (personal traits and virtues), relationships (to people and the natural environment) and rights (of people to participate in land-use decisions that affect them). Discussion questions at the end of each chapter help readers clarify their reasoning and create action plans for change. Doing Environmental Ethics demonstrates how valuable defining one's own philosophy about the environment is to living with greater ecological awareness and sense of personal responsibility."--BOOK JACKET."
  • "Author Robert Traer builds on a commonsense understanding of doing what is right and being a good person and suggests how, with a deeper sense of self and one & rsquo;s place in nature, we can begin to change our & ldquo;carbon footprint. & rdquo."@en

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