Boundaries [electronic resource] : a casebook in environmental ethics / Christine E. Gudorf and James E. Huchingson.

ISBN:

9781589016859

9781589016361

Title:

Boundaries [electronic resource] : a casebook in environmental ethics / Christine E. Gudorf and James E. Huchingson.

Author:

Gudorf, Christine E.

Personal Author:

Gudorf, Christine E.

Edition:

2nd ed.

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Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 315 pages)

Contents:

Theory in environmental ethics -- We're all in this ... alone : the individual and community -- For ecological health or profit? : the POPs elimination treaty -- Heart thieves : preserving endangered ecosystems or endangered cultures in Madagascar -- Must Java have no forests? : nature preserves and human population pressures -- Buried alive : future generations and permanent underground disposal of nuclear waste -- Water : economic commodity and divine gift -- Guardian angels of Angel Oak : to till or keep -- River run or river ruined : hydropower or free-flowing rivers? -- Nature creates deserts too : addressing desertification in China -- Rewilding : restoration of degraded ecosystems -- Planning for climate change -- Improving on natural variation? : genetically modified foods -- Nature red in tooth, claw, and bullet : hunting and human presence in nature -- Understanding xenotransplants : crossbreeding humans or advanced domestication of animals? -- Appendix : Using environmental case studies in the classroom.

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Subject Term:

Environmental ethics -- Case studies.

Environmental sciences -- Philosophy -- Case studies.

Added Author:

Huchingson, James Edward, 1940-

Format:

Electronic Resources

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Publication Date:

2010

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Summary

In this expanded and revised edition of a fresh and original case-study textbook on environmental ethics, Christine Gudorf and James Huchingson continue to explore the line that separates the current state of the environment from what it should be in the future.

Boundaries begins with a lucid overview of the field, highlighting the key developments and theories in the environmental movement. Specific cases offer a rich and diverse range of situations from around the globe, from saving the forests of Java and the use of pesticides in developing countries to restoring degraded ecosystems in Nebraska. With an emphasis on the concrete circumstances of particular localities, the studies continue to focus on the dilemmas and struggles of individuals and communities who face daunting decisions with serious consequences. This second edition features extensive updates and revisions, along with four new cases: one on water privatization, one on governmental efforts to mitigate global climate change, and two on the obstacles that teachers of environmental ethics encounter in the classroom. Boundaries also includes an appendix for teachers that describes how to use the cases in the classroom.

Author Notes

Christine E. Gudorf is professor and chair of the Department of Religious Studies at Florida International University. She was a Fulbright Senior Scholar in Indonesia in 2002. She is the coauthor of Christian Ethics: A Case Method Approach and author of Body, Sex, and Pleasure: Reconstructing Christian Sexual Ethics.

James E. Huchingson is professor emeritus in the Department of Religious Studies at Florida International University. He is the editor of Religion and the Natural Sciences: The Range of Engagement and author of Pandemonium Tremendum: Chaos and Mystery in the Life of God.

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Gudorf and Huchingson (both, religious studies, Florida International Univ.) use cases to cover important issues in environmental ethics. This new edition (1st ed., CH, Jun'04, 41-5857a) updates cases included in the previous work and contains four new ones. Chapter 1, which introduces environmental ethics, could have been more thorough. Following chapters cover such topics as responsibility to future generations, persistent organic pollutants, endangered ecosystems, human population pressure, nuclear waste disposal, water supply and use, and protection of a unique ancient tree. Additional chapters address hydroelectric power and its effect on rivers, desertification, land restoration, climate change, genetically modified foods, hunting, and xenotransplants and animal use in human medicine. The authors examine issues affecting Third World countries and particular cultures in the US and explore various religious views. The approach, except in the first chapter, is to present discussions between people of different views on actual issues in environmental ethics. These discussions are good, though somewhat unrealistic, and communicate the differing views well. About half of each chapter comprises commentary and background information. The volume lacks diagrams, tables, and photos; references and the index are adequate. A glossary would have been helpful to define terms unexplained in the text. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates. M. LaBar emeritus, Southern Wesleyan University

Introduction

Part I Environmental Ethics: The Range of Engagement

1 Theory in Environmental Ethics

2 We're All in This... Alone: The Individual and Community

Part II Maintaining and Managing the Ecosystem

3 For Ecological Health or Profit? The POPs Elimination Treaty

4 Heart Thieves: Preserving Endangered Ecosystems or Endangered Cultures in Madagascar

5 Must Java Have No Forests? Nature Preserves and Human Population Pressures

6 Buried Alive: Future Generations and Permanent Underground Disposal of Nuclear Waste

7 Water: Economic Commodity and Divine Gift

8 Guardian Angels of Angel Oak: To Till or Keep

Part III Restoring and Re-creating the Ecosystem

9 River Run or River Ruined: Hydropower or Free-Flowing Rivers?

10 Nature Creates Deserts Too: Addressing Desertification in China

11 Rewilding: Restoration of Degraded Ecosystems

12 Planning for Climate Change

Part IV Ecosystem Interventions Aimed at Innovation

13 Improving on Natural Variation? Genetically Modified Foods

14 Nature Red in Tooth, Claw, and Bullet: Hunting and Human Presence in Nature

15 Understanding Xenotransplants: Crossbreeding Humans or Advanced Domestication of Animals?

Appendix: Using Environmental Case Studies in the Classroom

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