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Ecologism

An Introduction
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Ecologism is a political ideology based on the position that the non-human world is worthy of moral consideration, and that this should be taken into account in social, economic and political systems. This text provides a comprehensive introduction to this philosophy, which is recognized as a major development in environmental politics. Brian Baxter probes the metaphysical, moral, political and economic facets of ecologism. Bringing the central themes of contemporary political theory into contact with green political theory, he compares ecologism to such mainstream ideologies as utilitarianism, Rawlsian liberalism, libertarianism, Marxism and feminism.
Acknowledgments 1. Introduction Theory2. Metaphysics3. Biology and Ecologism: The Case of Sociobiology Morality4. The Moral Theory of Ecologism5. Moral Considerability and Moral Trade-offs Politics6. Ecologism's Political Philosophy: Human Nature, the Human Predicament and Political Morality7. Ecologism's Political Philosophy: Political Morality and Meta-issues8. Ecologism and Contemporary Political Philosophy: Utilitarianism, Rawlsian Liberalism and Libertarianism9. Ecologism and Contemporary Political Philosophy: Marxism, Communitarianism and Feminism Political Economy10. Can Ecologism Transform Capitalism?: Sustainable Development, Ecological Modernisation and Economic Democracy11. Alternatives to 'Greened' Capitalism: Market Socialism and Global Ecology12. Conclusion BibliographyIndex
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