Nature, Political Theory & Ideology, Ecology & Environmental Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Natural History, Ecology
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Overview
Tim Hayward makes a compelling case for the incorporation of environmental questions into the heart of mainstream political theory--rather than seeing these issues as an optional add-on or the preserve of specialized green political theorists; he also argues that the core arguments of more radical, ecologistic thinking--the search for intrinsic value and moral foundations in ecology and the rejection of anthropocentrism--are more likely to provide a compelling basis for doing so. However, the natural relations that humans beings enter into with their environment including non-humans, the natural limits of human development and the natural capacities of human beings have significant implications and constraints for what the account political theory provides for: the treatment of non-humans, rights and notion of the good and the good life. This book explores the ways in which those constraints impact upon political theory in those areas.Editorials
Booknews
Hayward (politics, U. of Edinburgh) shows how political theory and institutions and ecological concerns can co-exist harmoniously. He demonstrates, on one hand, against mainstream non-ecologists, that human interests do have ecological implications, and, on the other, against mainstream ecological theorists, that the values they advocate can be supported by human interests. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.Book Details
Published
December 9, 1998
Publisher
Cambridge, UK : Polity Press, 1998.
Pages
208
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780745618081