Consequentialism and Environmental Ethics - Avram Hiller, Ramona Ilea, Leonard Kahn

This volume works to connect issues in environmental ethics with the best work in contemporary normative theory. This book articulates and evaluates consequentialist responses to that challenge. Environmental issues challenge contemporary ethical theorists to account for topics that traditional ethical theories do not address to any significant extent.

In particular, the contributors use consequentialist theory to address central ques Contributors provide a thorough and well-rounded analysis of the benefits and limitations of the consequentialist perspective in addressing environmental issues.