Book Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Notes on contributors -- Editors' preface -- 1 What do we owe future generations? -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- NOTES -- 2 The problem of absolute poverty: What are our moral obligations to the destitute? -- NOTES -- 3 Towards a more humane view of the beasts? -- PUZZLING PREDICAMENT -- THE DETRIBALIZATION OF CONTROVERSY -- THE MEANING OF COMPROMISE -- WHO ARE OUR NEIGHBOURS? -- SCIENTISTS AND THEIR KINDRED -- HOLDING THE SCALES -- NOTES -- 4 The ethics of tourism -- 5 The dumping of radioactive waste in the deep ocean: Scientific advice and ideological persuasion -- INTRODUCTION -- THE ROLES OF GREENPEACE AND THE NATIONAL UNION OF SEAMEN -- THE TERMS OF REFERENCE AND MEMBERSHIP -- SOME TECHNICAL FEATURES -- WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE WASTE ESCAPES? -- THE BEST PRACTICABLE ENVIRONMENTAL OPTION (BPEO) -- THE ROLE OF NIREX -- CONCLUSIONS -- 6 The ocean environment: Marine development, problems and pollution -- DUMPING AND ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE -- Sewage sludge -- Industrial waste -- Oil pollution -- Rubbish -- Dredged material -- Ocean incineration -- COMMERCIAL FISHING -- COASTAL DISTURBANCE -- GLOBAL WARMING -- MINING -- THE OCEANS AS A SOURCE OF ELECTRIC POWER -- LEGISLATION FOR MARINE AFFAIRS -- NOTE -- 7 Destruction of the rain forests: Principles or practices? -- WHAT IS BEING DESTROYED? -- WHY…AND SO WHAT? -- 8 Environment and water resources in the arid zone -- WATER INPUTS -- RUNOFF AND LAND EROSION -- GROUNDWATER -- IRRIGATION -- TOWARDS WATER RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT -- 9 Air pollution-with special reference to acid rain, the greenhouse effect and ozone layer depletion -- MAJOR PROBLEMS OF AIR POLLUTION -- CONTAMINATION OF THE AIR WE BREATHE -- Vehicle emission reduction -- The chemical industry -- THE CREATION OF ACID RAIN -- Rivers and lakes.

Trees -- Buildings -- SO2 removal -- NOx removal -- Liming -- GLOBAL WARMING (THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT) -- DEPLETION OF THE OZONE LAYER -- CONCLUSION -- NOTE -- 10 Challenges in environmental ethics -- RESPECT FOR PLANTS AND ANIMALS -- RESPECT FOR ENDANGERED SPECIES -- RESPECT FOR ECOSYSTEMS -- NOTES -- 11 Responsibility, ethics and nature -- PROLOGUE -- 1 RESPONSIBILITY -- 2 RELIGIOUS RESPONSIBILITY FOR NATURE: THE JUDAEO-CHRISTIAN TRADITION -- 3 DERIVED OR PRUDENTIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR NATURE -- 4 ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS -- 5 WHAT A THEORY OF ETHICAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY INVOLVES -- 6 LOVE, CONFLICT, DESIGN -- 7 CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- 12 The idea of environment -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- VI -- VII -- NOTES -- 13 Towards a sustainable future -- 14 Recovering the real meaning of sustainability -- 15 Technological risk: A budget of distinctions -- FACT/VALUE -- VOLUNTARY/INVOLUNTARY -- CONSUMER/CITIZEN -- AUTONOMY/HETERONOMY -- PUBLIC/PRIVATE -- ENGAGED/DETACHED -- NATURAL/ARTIFICIAL -- FAIR/UNFAIR -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- 16 Thinking, believing and persuading: Some issues for environmental activists -- ESTIMATING LIKELIHOODS -- Availability -- Vividness -- EVALUATING ARGUMENTS AND DRAWING CONCLUSIONS -- The belief bias effect -- Confirmation bias -- GROUP DECISION MAKING -- Extreme judgements -- Group collusion -- INFLUENCE AND PERSUASION -- LIVING WITH INCONSISTENCIES -- 17 Rethinking resources -- KEY ISSUES -- DEFINING RESOURCES -- PATTERNS OF USE -- ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS UNDERLYING RESOURCE USE -- RETHINKING THE CONCEPT OF 'RESOURCE' -- TOWARDS SYSTEMIC THINKING -- TOWARDS AN ECOLOGY OF RESOURCES -- ETHICAL ISSUES -- TRANSITION -- References -- Index.