Ecology, Policy and Politics: Human Well-Being and the Natural World (Environmental Philosophies)

Revealing flaws in both 'green' and market-based approaches to environmental policy, O'Neill develops an Aristotolian account of well-being. He examines the implications for wider issues involving markets, civil society and politics. Title......Page 4 Contents......Page 8 Acknowledgements......Page 10 1 HUMAN WELL-BEING AND THE NATURAL WORLD......Page 12 2 NATURE, INTRINSIC VALUE AND HUMAN WELL-BEING......Page 19 3 FUTURE GENERATIONS AND THE HARMS WE DO OURSELVES......Page 36 4 THE CONSTITUENCY OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY......Page 54 5 JUSTIFYING COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS: ARGUMENTS FROM WELFARE......Page 71 6 PLURALISM, LIBERALISM AND THE GOOD LIFE......Page 91 7 PLURALISM, INCOMMENSURABILITY, JUDGEMENT......Page 109 8 AUTHORITY, DEMOCRACY AND THE ENVIRONMENT......Page 129 9 SCIENCE, POLICY AND ENVIRONMENTAL VALUE......Page 150 10 MARKET, HOUSEHOLD AND POLITICS......Page 172 Notes......Page 186 Bibliography......Page 219 Index......Page 233 Revealing flaws in both "green" and market-based approaches to environmental policy, O'Neill develops an Aristotelian account of well-being. He examines the implications for wider issues involving markets, civil society and politics in modern society.