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03017aam a2200313Ii 4500 001 DB6BB0FE6B5611E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160826010517 008 140827t20152015mnua b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 1451479646 020 $a 9781451479645 035 $a (OCoLC)889524294 040 $a YDXCP $b eng $e rda $c YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d DRU $d CDX $d IWA $d SILO 100 1 $a Young, Alistair, $d 1944- $e author. 245 10 $a Environment, economy, and Christian ethics : $b alternative views on Christians and markets / $c Alistair Young. 264 1 $a Minneapolis : $b Fortress Press, $c [2015] 300 $a viii, 278 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-262) and index. 505 00 $t Christian environmental activism : opportunities and dangers. $t Alternative discourses -- $t Economics, ethics, and the environment : a beginner's guide -- $t Sustainability -- $t Ethical decision making -- $t Ethical environmental polices -- $t Christian environmental activism : opportunities and dangers. 520 $a What is to be done about the damaging impact of economic activity on the environment? In recent years, there has been growing debate over this question. This book, by an economist, urges Christians to support strong governmental and intergovernmental action to improve the workings of existing global economic systems so as to provide adequate environmental protection. As such, it draws on the tradition of mainstream environmental economics and on recent developments in "ecological economics." But it acknowledges that environmental policy raises important ethical and theological issues often briefly or inadequately covered within economic literature: ethically responsible attitudes to uncertainty, inequality within and between generations, the rights of traditional communities, and the obligation to respect nonhuman elements within creation. To such issues, theologians of various persuasions have in the past paid more attention than economists. At the same time, theologians have not always shown awareness of the likely economic consequences of their own proposals. In particular, some have been reluctant to acknowledge the role of market failure in causing environmental problems, while others are too eager to get rid of markets altogether. This book tries to develop sound ethical foundations for environmental policy, while providing concrete perspective on economic realities. 650 0 $a Environmental economics $x Christianity. $x Christianity. 650 0 $a Environmental policy $x Christianity. $x Christianity. 650 0 $a Environmental ethics $x Christianity. $x Christianity. 776 08 $i Electronic version $z 9781451494181 $w (OCoLC)903985663 856 42 $u https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781451494181/ $3 Electronic version on Project MUSE (subscription required) 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826105926.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DB6BB0FE6B5611E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search