International Environmental Law, Policy and Ethics

About this book

This book is concerned with the question of why the environment is protected in the international arena. In this innovative study Gillespie explodes the myth that we all want to achieve the same ends. He shows how nations, like individuals, are creating environmental laws and policies which are continually inviting failure since such laws are riddled with inconsistencies and are ultimately contradictory in purpose. Specifically, he seeks a nexus between the reasons why nations protect the environment, how these reasons are reflected in law and policy, and what complications arise from these choices.

Contents

I. Anthropocentricism
II. The Self Interest Justification for Environmental Protection
III. The Use of Economic Rationale As A Justification for Environmental Protection
IV. The Problems With Economic Justifications for Environmental Protection
V. Religious Justifications for Environmental Protection
VI. The Problem of Religiously Inspired Conservation as a Suitable Source of Environmental Protection
VII. Aesthetic, Cultural and Recreational Justifications
VIII. The Rights of Future Generations as a Justification for Environmental Protection
IX. The Problems with the Future Generations Argument
X. The Growth of Non-Anthropocentric Ideals Within International Environmental Law
XI. The Moral Considerability of Animals
XII. Respect for Life
XIII. The Land Ethic

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