The Environment: Philosophy, Science, and Ethics

Contents

Contents Acknowledgments vii 1 The Environment: How to Understand It and What to Do about It 1 Katie McShane 2 The Concept of the Environment in Evolutionary Theory 19 Robert N. Brandon 3 What If Ecological Communities Are Not Wholes? 37 Rachel Bryant 4 The Environment, from a Behavioral Perspective 57 Michael Trestman 5 Systems Theory and the New Ecophilosophy 73 Brian K. Steverson 6 Situated Adaptationism 89 Denis M. Walsh 7 Thinking Ecologically: The Legacy of Rachel Carson 117 Lorraine Code 8 Climate, Consensus, and Contrarians 137 Jay Odenbaugh 9 Nature as the School of the Moral World: Kant on Taking an Interest in Natural Beauty 151 Joseph Cannon 10 Precaution Has Its Reasons 171 Mariam Thalos vi Contents 11 Add to Cart? Environmental “Amenities” and Cost-Benefit Analysis 185 Chrisoula Andreou 12 Can We—and Should We—Make Reparation to “Nature”? 201 Clare Palmer 13 Getting the Bad Out: Remediation Technologies and Respect for Others 223 Benjamin Hale 14 Emissions, Economics, and Equity: Problems with Nuclear Solutions to Climate Change 245 Kristin Shrader-Frechette 15 On the Need for Front-Line Climate Ethics 277 Andrew Light List of Contributors 293 Index 295 ...