Ecology, Policy and Politics: Human Well-Being and the Natural World / Edition 1

by John O'Neill

Overview

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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415073004
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/23/1993
Series:	Environmental Philosophies
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	238
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

John O’Neill is Lecturer in Philosophy at Lancaster University. His publications include Worlds Without Content: Against Formalism (Routledge, 1991).

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

Editorial Reviews

'This is an engaging book, providing new material for reflection and provoking a plethora of questions. If it is a sign of a successful book that the reader is left wanting more, this book is certainly a success'. - Heythrop Journal

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