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Working toward sustainability : ethical decision making in a technological world /

"Because sustainability ultimately rests on ethics, this groundbreaking book is a crucial link in extending sustainability from a mere intellectual exercise to a broader spectrum. Ethics of Sustainability develops a comprehensive ethical foundation for sustainability by bringing together nine e...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Kibert, Charles J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, ©2012.
Colección:Wiley book on sustainable design.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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520 |a "Ethics of Sustainability develops a comprehensive ethical foundation for sustainability by bringing together nine ethical principles together in a cohesive manner to provide the badly needed ethical arguments that support this important concept. Each chapter is supported by case studies, exercises and other pedagogy, enabling technical professionals in various fields to understand the ethical foundations that apply to their needs"--Provided by publisher 
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505 0 |a Working toward Sustainability; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; MAKING CONNECTIONS; SHIFTING TOWARD SUSTAINABILITY; THE STRUCTURE OF THIS BOOK; Chapter 1 A Context for Sustainability; THE RATIONALE FOR SUSTAINABILITY; Sustainability Interlude; A Response to a Crisis; CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES; Population and Consumption; Climate Change; Nonrenewable Resource Depletion; Loss of Biodiversity; Overfishing; Eutrophication; Desertification and Acidification; Poverty; Ecosystem Services and Quality of Life; THE ETHICAL CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABILITY; THE THREE-LEG MODEL OF SUSTAINABILITY. 
505 8 |a CONCLUSIONChapter 2 The Technology Challenge; OVERVIEW OF TECHNOLOGY; Defining Technology; A Brief History of Technology; THE TECHNOLOGY PARADOX; Technological Optimism versus Technological Pessimism; Developing a More Nuanced View of the Impacts of Technology; CONSEQUENCES OF TECHNOLOGY; Predicting Consequences of Technology; Reducing the Uncertainty of Technology; Technology Risk Assessment, Acceptance, and Management; ALTERNATIVE, APPROPRIATE, AND SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY; THE ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; Chapter 3 Introduction to Ethical Concepts. 
505 8 |a RELIGIOUS ETHICSCommon Ideals; Views of Human Nature; SECULAR AND PHILOSOPHICAL ETHICAL TRADITIONS; Justice; Deontological Ethics; Rights; Consequentialist Ethics; Objectivism and Ethical Relativism; Objectivism and Relativism in Sustainability; ETHICS AS A TOOL FOR MAKING DECISIONS; Framing Ethical Problems; Conflicting Values; THE THREE LEGS OF SUSTAINABILITY; Social Ethics; Environmental Ethics; Economic Ethics; Integrating the Three Legs; CONCLUSION; Chapter 4 Social Dimensions of Sustainability Ethics; JUSTICE, FAIRNESS, AND RECIPROCITY; The Golden Rule; Ethics of Care. 
505 8 |a DISTRIBUTIONAL PRINCIPLESDistribution in a Just Society; Distributing Disadvantages; EXPLORING INTERDEPENDENCE; Thinking Globally, Acting Locally; Life on Spaceship Earth; Environmental Justice; OBLIGATIONS TO FUTURE GENERATIONS; Intergenerational Justice; A Look Back at Looking Forward; Future Quality of Life; Beyond Seven Generations; CONCLUSION; Chapter 5 Environmental Dimensions of Sustainability Ethics; THE EMERGENCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS; The Birth of Modern Environmental Ethics; Environmentalism Becomes Mainstream; Undertones of the Sacred; RELIGION AND ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS. 
505 8 |a Religion and NatureGreening Religion; ECOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES IN ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS; Development of Ecology; CARICATURES OF NATURE; A Closer World; CONTEMPORARY APPROACHES IN ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS; Getting the Scale of Ethics Right; Deep Ecology, Ecofeminism, and Social Ecology; Pluralistic Approaches; Bioregionalism; The New Agrarian Movement; ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS AND NONHUMAN ANIMALS; Making a Case for the Individual; Mixed Communities; ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS AND THE ETHICS OF SUSTAINABILITY; Identifying Values; Emphasizing Human Priorities; CONCLUSION. 
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