Rawls and the Environmental Crisis Routledge Explorations in Environmental Studies Series
Auteur : Welburn Dominic
The liberal political theorist John Rawls, despite remaining largely silent on ?green concerns?, was writing during a time of increasing awareness that the ecological stability of the earth is being compromised by human activity. Rawls?s reluctance to engage with such concerns, however, has not stopped several scholars attempting to ?extend?, or ?expand?, his works to incorporate this newfound fear for the ecosystems that support human life. But why Rawls? What is to be gained from developing the ideas of a theorist whose primary aim was to establish a system of justice for contemporaneous, rational, and reasonable citizens of a liberal polity?
This research monograph offers a critical consideration of the contextual framework within John Rawls?s Political Liberalism and considers its compatibility with the conceptual process of ?greening?. Rawls and the Environmental Crisis argues that Rawls?s perceived neutrality on green concerns is representative of a widespread societal indifference to environmental degradation and describes the plurality of methodological and ethical approaches undertaken by green political theorists in analyzing the contribution Rawls?s theory makes to environmental concerns.
Addressing a series of key debates within contemporary political philosophy regarding a wider frustration with liberal theory in general, Rawls and the Environmental Crisis will be of great interest to researchers in contemporary political philosophy, environmental ethics, green political theory, stewardship theory, and those interested in renewing existing conceptions of deliberative democracy.
Chapter 1: Rawls and the Political Liberalism
Chapter 2: Rawls on Green Concerns
Chapter 3: A Green Critique of Rawls
Chapter 4: A Second Green Critique
Dominic Welburn is a Lecturer in Politics at Oxford Brookes University.
Date de parution : 06-2018
15.6x23.4 cm
Date de parution : 12-2016
15.6x23.4 cm
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Mots-clés :
Wider Nature; Separation Argument; Biodiversity; Good Life; Climate Change; Rawlsian Liberalism; Conservation; Light Green; Environmental economics; Rawls’s Political Liberalism; Environmental policy; Ecological Justice; Environmental studies; Intergenerational Justice; Rawls; Comprehensive Doctrines; Sustainability; Public Political Culture; Sustainable development; Rawls’s Theory; citizenship; Overlapping Consensus; deliberative democracy; Mutual Disinterest; environmental justice; Green Critique; green liberalism; Light Green Theory; Non-human Species; Inter-generational Justice; Savings Principle; Mere Modus Vivendi; Intergenerational Polity; Environmental Stewardship; Freestanding Political Conception; Equal Scheme; Constitutional Essentials; Citizenship Education