
SUSTAINABILITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE is a scholarly anthology edited by Jack Lee, Ph.D. (ISBN-13: 978-0-9743472-1-9). HERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE ANTHOLOGY (WRITTEN BY THE EDITOR, DR. JACK LEE): Some scholars suggest we should live a sustainable life. But what is "sustainability"? We need to think about sustainability deeply and broadly. In this anthology, I provide a forum for doing this. Philosophy (e.g., ontology and ethics) is very important. We also need to bring together natural sciences, education, sociology, law and other disciplines. Environmental issues command a multi-disciplinary approach. I am especially proud to include an environmental philosophy paper written by the brilliant young Taiwanese mountaineer Allen Yu before he died, of pollution-related leukemia. I hope this anthology can help us to re-think our engagement with the natural world. HERE IS AN ABSTRACT OF THE BOOK: Today we face serious environmental problems which force us to re-examine our way of life. The consensus scholarly response is to urge humanity to live sustainable lives. This suggestion is appealing as a slogan but resides in academic consciousness largely unexamined as a concept. This anthology gathers philosophers and ethicists together with experts and practitioners from many other disciplines and backgrounds to examine the question: what is sustainability? KEYWORDS: sustainability, intrinsic value, ecosystem, animal, human species, Confucianism, environment, obligations to the future, anthropocentrism, global warming. HERE IS THE BOOK'S TABLE OF CONTENTS: ---Preface (page ix); ---Contributors (page xi); ---1. Metaphysics of Sustainability: Kant's Categorical Imperative (by Martin Schönfeld) (page 1); ---2. Sustainability: A Personal Account (by J. Baird Callicott) (page 19); ---3. Intrinsic Value and Respect for the Natural Environment (by Jack Lee) (page 35); ---4. The Land Ethic and Gleason's Individualistic Concept of Plant Association (by Allen Yu) (page 51); ---5. Environment
Page Count:
346
Publication Date:
2010-08-01
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