Reflecting on Nature

General Introduction PART I: Images of Nature 1: Lynn White, Jr.: "The Historical Roots of Our Ecological Crisis" 2: From Genesis 3: Aristotle: From Physics and Politics 4: John Locke: From the Second Treatise of Government Chapter 5 5: Charles Darwin: From the Origin of Species John Muir: 6 7: Aldo Leopold: From "The Land Ethic" Thoreau: 8 9: John Stuart Mill: From Principles of Political Economy 10: Daniel Botkin: From Discordant Harmonies 11: Vandana Shiva: From Staying Alive 12: From "The Golden Rule--A Proper Scale for Our Environmental Crisis" PART II: Ethics and the Environment Introduction 1: Jonathan Glover: From What Sort of People Should There Be? 2: From "Must a Concern for the Environment be Centered on Human Beings?" 3: Peter Singer: From Practical Ethics 4: Kenneth Goodpaster: From "On Being Morally Considerable" 5: Holmes Rolston III: From "Environmental Ethics" 6: Paul Taylor: From Respect for Nature 7: Thomas Hill: "Ideals of Human Excellence" PART III: Alternative Perspectives Introduction 1: Bill Devall: From "Deep Ecology and Radical Environmentalism 2: Murray Bookchin: From Defending the Earth 3: Val Plumwood: From "Nature, Self, and Gender: Feminism, Environmental Philosophy, and the Critique of Rationalism" 4: John Dryzek: "Green Reson: Communicative Ethics for the Biosphere" PART IV. Sustainable Development and International Justice Introduction 1: The U.N. Conference on the Environment, Stockholm: "Declaration of Principles" 2: The World Commission on Environment and Development: From Our Common Future 3: Wolfgang Sachs: From "Environment and Development: The Story of a Dangerous Liaison" 4: The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development 5: T. Anderson and D. Leal: From Free Market Environmentalism 6: Commission on Developing Countries and Global Change: From For Earth's Sake 7: Rajni Kothri: "Environment, Technology, and Ethics" PART V: Contemporary Issues and Controversies 1: Wilderness Preservation Introduction "Radical American Environmentalism and Wilderness Preservation: A Third World Critique" J. Baird Callicott: From "The Wilderness Idea Revisited" Holmes Rolston III: From "The Wilderness Idea Reaffirmed" 2: Animals Introduction Lori Gruen: From "Animals" Dale Jamieson: "Against Zoos" George Wenzel: From Animal Rights, Human Rights 3: Population and Consumption Introduction Paul and Ann Ehrlich: From The Population Explosion Julian Simon: From The Ultimate Resource Frances Moore Lappe and Rachel Schurman: From "Taking Population Seriously" 4: Biodiversity Introduction Anne and Paul Ehrlich: "Extinction" Norman Myers: From The Sinking Ark Elliott Sober: From "Philosophical Problems for Environmentalism" Further Reading