Table of Contents

Preface

1.Introduction to environmental ethics 13
(Gamze Yücel Isildar)
1.1Lesson 1: The complexity of environmental problems
1.2 Lesson 2: The problem of pollution and degradation
1.2.1 Water pollution
1.2.2 Air pollution
1.2.3 Land pollution
1.3 Lesson 3: The socio-economic background and environmental responsibility
1.3.1 Factors effecting complexity of environmental issues
1.3.2 Environmental responsibility
1.4 Lesson 4: History of environmentalism
1.5 Purposes and procedure

2. Ethics: The search for decision criteria 44
(Kees Vromans)
2.1 Lesson 1: Towards a working definition
2.1.1 Teleological theories
2.1.2 Deontological theories
2.1.3 Virtue ethics
2.2 Lesson 2: Moral dilemmas
2.3 Lesson 3: Introduction to environmental ethics
2.3.1 Definitions
2.3.2 Environmental problems
2.3.3 Moral care for nature
2.3.4 The anthropocentric approach
2.3.5 The non-anthropocentric view

3. The challenge to environmental ethics 79
(Rainer Paslack)
3.1Lesson 1: Three "areas" of environmental ethics
3.1.1 Ethics of resources
3.1.2 Animal ethics
3.1.3 Ethics of nature
3.2 Lesson 2: Three levels of environmental reasoning
3.2.1 Philosophical level
3.2.2 Political-legal level
3.2.3 Casuistic level

4. Main approaches to environmental ethics 95
(Kees Vromans & Rainer Paslack)
4.1 Introduction: Moral care for nature
4.2 Lesson 1: The anthropocentric view
4.2.1 The anthropocentric approach
4.2.2 Different anthropocentric positions
4.2.3 Instrumental value of nature
4.2.4 Aesthetic and other values of nature
4.3 Lesson 2: The non-anthropocentric view
4.3.1 The pathocentric theory
4.3.2 The biocentric theory
4.3.3 The ecocentric theory
4.3.4 The holistic theory
4.4 Lesson 3: Ethical decision making
4.4.1 More knowledge
4.4.2 Use of step-by-step-scheme
4.4.3 Use basic attitudes

5. The need of political-legal regulation 119
(Rainer Paslack & Jürgen W. Simon)
5.1 Lesson 1: Introduction: Why we need political-legal regulation
5.2 Lesson 2: Principles for political and legal measures
5.2.1 Precautionary principle
5.2.2 Polluter-pays principle (versus community-pays principle)
5.2.3 The principle of sustainability (sustainable development)
5.2.4 Cooperation principle
5.3 Lesson 3: Regulation of environmental behaviour
5.3.1 Instruments to enforce the environmental policy (environmental planning)
5.3.2 Instruments to regulate the environmental behaviour

6.Actions on the casuistic level 138
(Andrei Florin Danet & Victor David)
6.1Lesson 1: Environmental science and environmental ethics
6.2 "Good practice" - Technical tools, guidelines and standards
[Lesson 2: The role of Good Laboratory Practices (GLP)]
6.2.1Importance of analysis
6.2.2 GLP and the analytical process
6.2.3 Legislation
6.3 The process of GLP implementation
[Lesson 3: The implementation of GLP]
6.3.1 GLP and ethics
6.4 Lesson 4: Pollution management

7.Summary, conclusions and outlook 156
7.1.1To chapter 1 (Introduction)
7.1.2Lesson 1: The complexity of environmental problems
7.1.2 Lesson 2: The problem of pollution and degradation
7.1.3 Lesson 3: The socio-economic background and environmental responsibility
7.2 To chapter 2 (Environmental ethics: The search for decision criteria)
7.2.1 Lesson 1: Towards a working definition
7.2.2 Lesson 2: Moral dilemmas
7.2.3 Lesson 3: Introduction to environmental ethics
7.3 To chapter 3 (The challenge to environmental ethics)
7.3.1 Lesson 1: Three "areas" of environmental ethics
7.3.2 Lesson 2: Three levels of environmental reasoning
7.4 To chapter 4 (Main approaches to environmental ethics)
7.4.1 Lesson 1: The anthropocentric view
7.4.2 Lesson 2: The non-anthropocentric view
7.4.3 Lesson 3: Ethical decision making
7.5 To chapter 5 (The need of political-legal regulation)
7.5.1 Lesson 1: Why we need political-legal regulation
7.5.2 Lesson 2: Principles for political and legal measures
7.5.3 Lesson 3: Regulation of environmental behaviour
7.6 To chapter 6 (Actions on the casuistic level)
7.6.1 Lesson 1: Environmental science and environmental ethics
7.6.2 Lesson 2: The role of Good Laboratory Practices (GLP)
7.6.3 Lesson 3: The implementation of GLP
7.6.4 Lesson 4: Pollution management
7.7 General summary and outlook

8.ANNEX: Case Examples 171
(Prepared by Damla Baykal & Basak Taseli)