Environment, economy, and Christian ethics : alternative views on Christians and markets / Alistair Young.
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- 9781451479645 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 1451479646 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 363.7 23
- GE170 YOU 2015
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GE 170 SWI 2004 Environmental politics : | GE 170 TAK 2007 Taking sides. Selected, edited, and with introduction by Thomas easton Clashing views on environmental issues./ | GE 170 WOO 2003 Environmental impact assessment : | GE 170 YOU 2015 Environment, economy, and Christian ethics : | GE 180 OXF 2013 The Oxford handbook of U.S. environmental policy / | GE 180 RIN 2014 U.S. environmental policy in action : | GE 190.L29 OTO 2014 Environmental politics in Latin America and the Caribbean / |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-262) and index.
Introduction -- Alternative discourses -- Economics, ethics, and the environment : a beginner's guide -- Sustainability -- Ethical decision making -- Ethical environmental polices -- Christian environmental activism : opportunities and dangers.
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.
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