Living in Integrity: A Global Ethic to Restore a Fragmented EarthThis innovative book takes a new look at environmental ethics and the need for ecological and biological integrity. Laura Westra explores the necessity for radical alteration not only of interpersonal ethics, but also of social institutions and public policy. In the process, Westra denies the validity of majority rule in environmentally ethical concerns. Issues discussed in the book include the link between ecological integrity and human health; an environmental evaluation of business and technology; biotechnology and transgenics in agriculture and aquaculture; and the environmental ethics of the ancient Greeks and Kant. Living in Integrity is a valuable book for philosophers and environmentalists alike. |
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The Problems and the Promise | 3 |
The Link between Ecological Integrity and Human Health | 23 |
Environmental Risks Rights and the Failure of Liberal | 53 |
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