title: Environmental philosophy: from theory to practice.
abstract: Environmental philosophy is a hybrid discipline drawing extensively from epistemology, ethics, and philosophy of science and analyzing disciplines such as conservation biology, restoration ecology, sustainability studies, and political ecology. The book being discussed both provides an overview of environmental philosophy and develops an anthropocentric framework for it. That framework treats natural values as deep cultural values. Tradeoffs between natural values are analyzed using decision theory to the extent possible, leaving many interesting question for philosophical deliberation. This framework is supposed to be applicable in practical contexts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Philosophy, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA; Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA. Electronic address: sarkar@austin.utexas.edu.
authors.forename: Sahotra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sarkar
mesh_terms: D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D003469:Culture; D004463:Ecology; D004777:Environment; D006801:Humans; D008093:Literature, Modern; D010684:Philosophy; D012945:Social Values
keywords: Biodiversity; Environmental ethics; Environmental justice; Environmental philosophy; Restoration; Sustainability