Christian environmental ethics Alumni Faculty Staff Luther College Press Collection.
Notes:
Revised edition of: Christian environmental ethics : a case method approach. c2003. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Context for Earth ethics -- Perspectives on Earth ethics -- Resources for Earth ethics -- Maybe one: population growth, material consumption, and climate change -- Moral eating: issues around meat, factory farms, and local food production -- Harvesting controversy: genetic engineering and food security in sub-Saharan Africa -- Klamath crisis: water rights and endangered species protection -- Blown away: mountaintop coal removal mining and fossil fuel divestment -- Fractured options: combined heat and power, hydraulic fracturing, and greenhouse gas reductions -- Hot spot: nuclear waste, public responsibility, and environmental racism -- Smart growth: affordable housing, public transportation, and open space -- Wearing injustice? Free trade, worker rights, and consumption -- Appendix: Resources for teaching.
Summary:
This valuable classroom resource explores a number of issues in social and environmental ethics and provides resources for engaging in ethical reflection about them. Nine cases explore issues like population growth, material consumption, and climate change; water rights and species conservation; genetic engineering and food security in Sub-Saharan Africa; hydraulic fracturing and greenhouse gas reduction options; and mountaintop coal removal mining and fossil fuel divestment. Utilizing the tried-and-true case method approach pioneered by the Harvard Business School, the case studies present material in a clear and relevant fashion and allow instructors to select discrete issues for study and discussion.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.