A New Environmental Ethics

No one looking ahead at the middle of the last century could have foreseen the extent and the importance of the ensuing environmental crises. Now more than a decade into the next century no one can ignore it. A New Environmental Ethics: the Next Millennium for Life on Earth offers clear powerful and oftentimes moving thoughts from one of the first and most respected philosophers to write on the environment. Rolston an early and leading pioneer in studying the moral relationship between humans and the earth surveys the full spectrum of approaches in the field of environmental ethics. This book however is not simply a judicious overview. Instead it offers critical assessments of contemporary academic accounts and draws on a lifetime of research and experience to suggest an outlook for the future. As a result this focused forward-looking analysis will be a necessary complement to any balanced textbook or anthology in environmental ethics and will teach its readers to be responsible global citizens and residents of their landscape helping ensure that the future we have will be the one we wish for. . Language: English