Postma, Dirk Willem,

Why care for nature? : in search of an ethical framework for environmental responsibility and education / by Dirk Willem Postma. - x, 219 pages ; 25 cm. - The international library of environmental, agricultural, and food ethics ; v. 9 . - International library of environmental, agricultural, and food ethics ; v. 9. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-213) and index.

A brief history of environmental education -- ESD: Research questions and directions -- Because we are citizens -- Future generations as fellow citizens -- Future generations as heirs of our community -- Future generations as imagined strangers -- Education for an open future -- Because we are human -- In defense of an aesthetic account of intrinsic natural value -- On the status of nature and her evaluators -- Towards an ethic of environmental responsibility -- Because we educate citizens caring for nature.

140205002X 9781402050022

2007468229


Environmental responsibility
Environmental education
Environmental ethics

GE195.7 / .P67 2006

333.7071