Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-201) and index.
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; The concept of ecological justice; How to think about moral issues: universalist versus contextualist approaches; The case for social constructivism considered; Contextualist rather than universalist and rationalist morality?; The case for the moral considerability of all organisms; The restriction of moral status to sentient organisms; The moral status of the non-sentient; The case for ecological justice; The concept of ecological justice: objections and replies; Liberal theories of justice and the non-human.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This book argues for ecological justice - that is, for treating species besides Homo sapiens as having a claim in justice to a share of the Earth's resources.