The environment : between theory and practice /
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| Author / Creator: | De-Shalit, Avner. |
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| Imprint: | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 238 pages) : illustrations |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11286779 |
| Summary: | Why is there a gap between the questions that environmental philosophers discuss and the issues that motivate environmental activists? The author attempts to bridge this gap by combining tools of political philosophy with questions of environmental ethics and politics. He defends a radical position in relations to environmental protection and social policies in order to put forward a political theory, which is not only philosophically sound, but also relevant to the practice of environmental activism. He argues that several directions in environmental ethics can be at odds with the contemporary political debates surrounding environmental politics. He then goes on to examine the environmental scope of the political theories of liberalism, communitarianism, participatory democracy, and socialism, and concludes that the last two are crucial for protecting the environment. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 238 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-233) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191522949 0191522945 9780199240388 0199240388 9780191599033 0191599034 0198297696 9780198297697 |