Earth summit ethics : toward a reconstructive postmodern philosophy of environmental education

Author(s)

• Callicott, J. Baird
• Rocha, Fernando J. R. da

Bibliographic Information

Earth summit ethics : toward a reconstructive postmodern philosophy of environmental education

edited by J. Baird Callicott and Fernando J.R. da Rocha

（SUNY series in constructive postmodern thought）

State University of New York Press, c1996

• : hard
• : pbk

Note

"Selected bibliography on University-level Environmental Education": p. 225-229

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

On the eve of the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Fernando J. R. da Rocha challenged environmental philosophers to suggest and develop effective ways in which universities might engender ecological literacy and environmental ethics. The result was a preconference held in Porto Alegre, Brazil, whose aim was to put the summit in philosophical perspective, influence its outcome, and chart a new course, linking environment and ethics through university education. This book is an outgrowth of the Porto Alegre conference, and the international environmental philosophers and educators represented here inaugurate a constructive dialogue that will continue well into the twenty-first century. Among the contributors to the volume are environmental philosophers Andrew Brennan, J. Baird Callicott, Fernando J. R. da Rocha, and Holmes Ralston, III, and education theorists Peter Madsen and John Lemons. In addition, the book introduces English-language readers to the work of French philosopher Catherine Larrere, Spanish philosopher Nicholas Sosa, and Brazil's radical former Secretary for the Environment and deep ecologist Jose Lutzenberger.

Table of Contents

Preface Introduction to SUNY Series in Constructive Postmodern Thought Chapter 1 Introduction: Ethics, University, and Environment J. BAIRD CALLICOTT AND FERNANDO J. R. DA ROCHA Chapter 2 Science, Technology, Economics, Ethics, and Environment JOSÉ LUTZENBERGER Chapter 3 The Ethics of Dialogue and the Environment: Solidarity as a Foundation for Environmental Ethics NICHOLÁ M. SOSA Chapter 4 What Can Universities and Professional Schools Do to Save the Environment? PETER MADSEN Chapter 5 Incontinence, Self-Deception, Shallow Analysis, Myth-making, and Economic Rationality: Their Bearing on Environmental Policy ANDREW BRENNAN Chapter 6 Ethics, Politics, Science, and the Environment: Concerning the Natural Contract CATHERINE LARRÈRE Chapter 7 Benevolent Smbiosis: The Philosophy of Conservation Reconstructed J. BAIRD CALLICOT Chapter 8 Earth Ethics: A Challenge to Liberal Education HOLMES ROLSTON, III Chapter 9 Afterword: University Education in Sustainable Development and Environmental Protection JOHN LEMONS Appendix: The Porto Alegre Declaration Selected Bibliography Notes on Contributors and Centers Index FERNANDO J. R. DA ROCHA

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Details

• NCID: BA2853111X
• ISBN:
  • 0791430537
  • 0791430545
• LCCN: 95042277
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xiii, 247 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : GE42
  • DC20 : 179/.1
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Environmental ethics
  • LCSH : Environmental education -- Philosophy
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA04506468