Environmental Ethics for Canadians

Environmental Ethics for Canadians is a comprehensive introduction to the core ethical questions shaping current environmental debates. This wide-ranging introduction combines readings by leaders of the environmental ethics and philosophy movement with contemporary selections and original pieces by emerging voices in the field. Readings are complemented by Byron Williston's commentary, which provides necessary context for complex theories and explication of abstract concepts in an engaging and accessible style.
Organized into three sections, this hybrid text explores thirteen diverse and contentious topics in a balanced and even-handed manner. Areas of discussion include animal welfarism, biocentrism, ecocentrism, ecofeminism, climate change, and environmental aesthetics. Each chapter begins with an 'Ecological Intuition Pump', a brief paragraph that encourages students to consider their personal thoughts and attitudes towards 'large picture' issues that will be discussed in the text that follows. Further, Environmental Ethics for Canadians features seven selections by Canadian academics in addition to end-of-chapter case studies that highlight environmental issues of particular concern for Canadians.