Ethics of Consumption: The Good Life, Justice, and Global StewardshipDavid A. Crocker, Toby Linden Rowman & Littlefield, 1998 - 585 páginas Scholars in diverse fields now agree on the importance of investigating the impact of consumption practices on the global environment, quality of life, and international justice. In this comprehensive collection of essays, most of which appear for the first time, eminent scholars from many disciplines--philosophy, economics, sociology, political science, demography, theology, history, and social psychology--examine the causes, nature, and consequences of present-day consumption patterns in the United States and throughout the world. Specifically, the essays evaluate the impact of consumption practices on our own lives, our institutions, other people, and the environment. The contributors give explicit attention to the principles relevant for a consumption ethic, as well as to the policies and practices that such an ethic permits or requires. These engaging, jargon-free essays frame the problem of consumption in a variety of ways, challenging readers to see the issue from new perspectives. For scholars and students from across the disciplines, as well as for environmental and consumer activists, this volume will serve as the touchstone for discussions of consumption and global stewardship. |
Índice
Consumption Value Added Physical Transformation and Welfare | 17 |
Carrying Capacity and Ecological Economics | 26 |
Reply to Mark Sagoffs Carrying Capacity and Ecological Economics | 51 |
Limits to Consumption and Economic Growth The Middle Ground | 61 |
Food Feed and Land | 67 |
The Case Against the Consumption of GrainFed Meat | 93 |
The Political Economy of Consumption | 111 |
A New Economic Critique of Consumer Society | 129 |
The Good As Discipline the Good As Freedom | 310 |
Living at a High Economic Standard A Functionings Analysis | 340 |
Consumption WellBeing and Capability | 364 |
The Earth Is the Lords and the Fullness Thereof Jewish Perspectives on Consumption | 389 |
The Ethics of Consumption A Roman Catholic View | 401 |
On the Subversive Virtue Frugality | 414 |
Natural Resource Consumption North and South | 435 |
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Consuming Goods and the Good of Consuming | 137 |
Consuming Because Others Consume | 153 |
Consumer Expenditures and the Growth of NeedRequired Income | 174 |
Alternatives to the Consumer Society | 196 |
The Road Not Taken Friendship Consumerism and Happiness | 216 |
Delectable Materialism Second Thoughts on Consumer Culture | 247 |
Consumption As Culture A Desert Example | 267 |
The Living Standard | 285 |
A Global Resources Dividend | 499 |
Consumption Appropriation and Stewardship | 535 |
Consumption As a Topic for the NorthSouth Dialogue | 550 |
Index of Names | 559 |
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Outras edições - Ver tudo
Ethics of Consumption: The Good Life, Justice, and Global Stewardship Crocker,Linden Pré-visualização limitada - 2000 |
Ethics of Consumption: The Good Life, Justice, and Global Stewardship David A. Crocker,Toby Linden Pré-visualização indisponível - 1998 |
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