Ecology, policy and politics : human well-being and the natural world
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
Ecology, policy and politics : human well-being and the natural world
（Environmental philosophies）
Routledge, 1993
- : hbk
- : pbk
Available at 60 libraries
Note
Bibliography: p. 209-219
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
- Volume
-
: hbk ISBN 9780415072991
Description
The question of the place of our own well-being in environmental concern has been the centre of recent debates on the environment. Two conflicting views dominate. On the one side, environmental economists who defend market-based approaches to environmental policy typically assume that policy is a matter of optimum realization of the well-being of existing humans, where well-being is understood in terms of the satisfaction of preferences whose strength can be measured in monetary terms. On the other side, recent "deep" green thinkers argue that to focus on our well-being fails to acknowledge the intrinsic value of nature and the interests of future generations. This book develops a broadly Aristotelian account of well-being which shows that both positions are mistaken. He shows that welfare and liberal justifications of market-based approaches to environmental philosophy fail and examines the implications that this failure has for wider questions concerning markets, civil society and politics in modern society. Presupposing almost any prior knowledge, this book is ideal for student use on environmental and philosophy courses.
Table of Contents
1. Human Well-Being and the Natural World. 2. Nature, Intrinsic Value and Human Well-Being. 3. Future Generations and the Harms We Do Ourselves. 4. The Constituency of Enviromental Policy. 5. Justifying Cost Benefit Analysis - Arguments from Welfare. 6. Pluralism, Liberalism and the Good Life. 7. Pluralism, incommensurability, judgement. 8. Authority, Democracy and the Environment. 9. Science, Policy and Environmental Value. 10. Market, Household and Politics.
- Volume
-
: pbk ISBN 9780415073004
Description
Revealing flaws in both 'green' and market-based approaches to environmental policy, O'Neill develops an Aristotolian account of well-being. He examines the implications for wider issues involving markets, civil society an
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements, 1 HUMAN WELL-BEING AND THE NATURAL WORLD, 2 NATURE, INTRINSIC VALUE AND HUMAN WELLBEING, 3 FUTURE GENERATIONS AND THE HARMS WE DO OURSELVES, 4 THE CONSTITUENCY OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY, 5 JUSTIFYING COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS: ARGUMENTS FROM WELFARE, 6 PLURALISM, LIBERALISM AND THE GOOD LIFE, 7 PLURALISM, INCOMMENSURABILITY, JUDGEMENT, 8 AUTHORITY, DEMOCRACY AND THE ENVIRONMENT, 9 SCIENCE, POLICY AND ENVIRONMENTAL VALUE, 10 MARKET, HOUSEHOLD AND POLITICS, Notes, Bibliography, Index
by "Nielsen BookData"