『環境正義：平等とデモクラシーの倫理学』（原書） Environmental Justice : Creating Equality, Reclaiming Democracy (Environmental Ethics and Science Policy Series)

Shrader-Frechette, Kristin

Oxford University Press Inc（2005/11発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 288 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780195183573
• DDC分類 363.7

基本説明

New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2002. Combines ethical theory with actual case studies.

Full Description

Shrader-Frechette offers a rigorous philosophical discussion of environmental justice. Explaining fundamental ethical concepts such as equality, property rights, procedural justice, free informed consent, intergenerational equity, and just compensation--and then bringing them to bear on real-world social issues--she shows how many of these core concepts have been compromised for a large segment of the global population, among them Appalachians, African-Americans, workers in hazardous jobs, and indigenous people in developing nations. She argues that burdens like pollution and resource depletion need to be apportioned more equally, and that there are compelling ethical grounds for remedying our environmental problems. She also argues that those affected by environmental problems must be included in the process of remedying those problems; that all citizens have a duty to engage in activism on behalf of Environmental Justice; and that in a democracy it is the people, not the government, that are ultimately responsible for fair use of the environment.