This is Environmental Ethics: An Introduction

This is Environmental Ethics provides a comprehensive introduction to the growing field of environmental philosophy and ethics, exploring the major theories behind contemporary discussions of our moral responsibilities to non-human nature and living creatures. Demonstrating the critical role of philosophy in developing the conceptual foundations of a viable and sustainable environmental ethic, this timely volume questions which environmental theory might best address the environmental challenges of climate change and the potential for recurring pandemics.

With a critical approach to addressing anthropogenic climate change, author Wendy Lynne Lee examines different theories of environmental philosophy to help discover the moral compass needed to navigate the social, political, and economic challenges of potentially catastrophic environmental transformation. Lee argues that the ethic ultimately adopted to face the ecological crisis must place the welfare of non-human animals and plant life at the heart of our moral decision-making.

Emphasizing that ecological conditions are existential conditions of all life on the planet, This is Environmental Ethics is essential reading for undergraduate students taking courses on philosophy, geography, environmental studies, feminist theory, ecology, human and animal rights, and social justice, as well as an excellent graduate-level introduction to the major theories and thinkers of environmental philosophy.