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2010
Jewish environmental ethics is the essence of this chapter. The objective of this article is to explore the philosophical foundations of sustainable development. It discusses the contending worldviews that inform our relationship with the natural world and show how they affect our understanding of the concept of sustainability.
Jonathan Weiser, Yehuda L. Klein
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Jewish environmental ethics is the essence of this chapter. The objective of this article is to explore the philosophical foundations of sustainable development. It discusses the contending worldviews that inform our relationship with the natural world and show how they affect our understanding of the concept of sustainability.
Jonathan Weiser, Yehuda L. Klein
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Business and Environmental Ethics
Business Ethics Quarterly, 1991This paper explores some interconnections between the business and environmental ethics movements. The first section argues that business has obligations to protect the environment over and above what is required by environmental law and that it should cooperate and interact with government in establishing environmental regulation.
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A History of Environmental Ethics
2015This chapter presents a history of environmental ethics as a distinct academic field, from its early origins in the 1960s to recent, contemporary work. It focuses on the key movements and theories that have shaped—and continue to shape—the development of the field, while noting how these have changed and evolved over time.
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The Ethics of Environmental Pollution
2016Environmental pollution played a central role in launching the environmental movement during the twentieth century. While some environmental ethicists have worried that concerns about pollution reflect a relatively “shallow” form of environmentalism focused on the concerns of the wealthy, pollution is also a significant threat to many disadvantaged ...
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2018
Global pressures on human–environment systems are higher than ever before in human history, generating broad ethical engagement in many quarters. Citizen calls for moral response from world religious and political leaders have grown more urgent as pressures mount.
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Global pressures on human–environment systems are higher than ever before in human history, generating broad ethical engagement in many quarters. Citizen calls for moral response from world religious and political leaders have grown more urgent as pressures mount.
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2017
Environmental virtue ethics is among the most fruitful and influential applications of virtue ethics. This chapter considers the attractions of a virtue-based approach to environmental ethics in particular, before examining how we come to identify environmental virtues and vices. Following consideration of representative environmental virtues (humility
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Environmental virtue ethics is among the most fruitful and influential applications of virtue ethics. This chapter considers the attractions of a virtue-based approach to environmental ethics in particular, before examining how we come to identify environmental virtues and vices. Following consideration of representative environmental virtues (humility
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