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Living in Integrity

Name: Living in Integrity
Author: Laura Westra
ISBN: 9780847689262

by Westra, Laura

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Overview

This 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.

About the Author, Laura Westra

Laura Westra is professor emerita of philosophy at the University of Windsor and the author or editor of numerous books, including An Environmental Proposal for Ethics (Rowman & Littlefield, 1994), Faces of Environmental Racism (Rowman & Littlefield, 1995), Perspectives on Ecological Integrity (Kluwer), The Greeks and the Environment (Rowman & Littlefield, 1997) and Technology and Values (Rowman & Littlefield, 1998). Bill Lawson is professor of philosophy at Michigan State University.

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Editorials

Environmental Ethics

Westra's book offers both a candid assessment of and challenging solutions to environmental ills.
— Mark S. Halfon, Nassau Community College

Environmental Politics

This is a most enlightening book on the development of ecology as a branch of science which uses a thorough and original analytical approach to show us the complex relationship between the science and society over the last fifty years. It is therefore highly recommended reading not only for biologists and science historians, but also for anyone involved in social sciences who has an interest in environmental politics.
— Angel Valencia Saiz, Malaga University

Journal Of Environmental Planning & Management

This is a work rich in ideas . . . it is certainly stimulating to have the ecocentric position stated in such a forthright manner.
— Ian Thompson, School of Architecture, Planning & Landscape

Political Studies Review

This book is bold and provocative.
— Robyn Eckersley, Monash University

Alan Holland

In displaying so graphically the social, political, and institutional dimensions of the problems which lie beneath the 'environmental' label, Laura Westra performs a signal service. She presses home some uncomfortable questions and offers challenging and honest answers. She debates an impressive range of issues in a manner at once vigorous and resourceful. Her judgments are forthright and unclouded. This is an enriching and rewarding book to read.

George Sessions

Living in Integrity" is Professor Westra's sequel to her previous book "An Environmental Proposal for Ethics", based upon the principles of ecological integrity. In this book, she meticulously spells out the practical and policy decisions which follow from the 'principle of integrity.' Westra persuasively argues that anthropocentric approaches are inadequate to effectively deal with the environmental crisis—that a shift to an ecocentric perspective will be necessary.

Mark Sagoff

From Aristotle to aquaculture, Plato to petroleum, the sweep of this book is amazing. Westra places current concerns about the environment in the context of the great theories of moral philosophy, leading the reader to a deeper understanding of both..