Environmental Ethics

by Michael Boylan

This book introduces readers to important ethical issues that arise in the realm of environmental ethics. It addresses two common problems that are how does one make sense of the different theoretical positions, and how does one integrate theory into action? An “argument-based” style and tone challenges readers to think about some of the various implications that the acceptance of ethical issues will entail. Chapter topics include Four Traditional Ethical Theories, Worldview Arguments for Environmentalism, A Linking Principle to Applied Environmental Ethics, The Moral Basis for Environmentalism, and Applied Environmental Ethics. For anyone interested in the formal study of environmental, business, medical, or professional ethics.

Genres: Environment, Philosophy

427 pages, Paperback

First published December 5, 2000

About the author

Michael Boylan (Ph.D. Philosophy, University of Chicago: M.A. English Literature, University of Chicago) is Professor of Philosophy at Marymount University. Boylan is the author of 31 books and over 130 Scholarly and popular articles on topics ranging from Philosophy to Literature.

Boylan's latest Philosophy books are Natural Rights: A Theory (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press/September 2014) and The Origins of Ancient Greek Science (London: Routledge/ May 2015). His recent novels are, Rainbow Curve (2014), To the Promised Land (2015), Naked Reverse (2016), and Georgia: A Trilogy--Part One (2016) & Georgia: A Trilogy--Part Two (2017).