Living in Integrity

Laura Westra is professor emerita of philosophy at the University of Windsor and the author or editor of numerous books, including An Environmental Proposal for Ethics (Rowman & Littlefield, 1994), Faces of Environmental Racism (Rowman & Littlefield, 1995), Perspectives on Ecological Integrity (Kluwer), The Greeks and the Environment (Rowman & Littlefield, 1997) and Technology and Values (Rowman & Littlefield, 1998). Bill Lawson is professor of philosophy at Michigan State University.

Living in Integrity is Professor Westra's sequel to her previous book An Environmental Proposal for Ethics, based upon the principles of ecological integrity. In this book, she meticulously spells out the practical and policy decisions which follow from the 'principle of integrity.' Westra persuasively argues that anthropocentric approaches are inadequate to effectively deal with the environmental crisis—that a shift to an ecocentric perspective will be necessary.

• Part 1 Part 1Chapter 2 Living with Integrity: The Problems and the PromiseChapter 3 The Link between Ecological Integrity and Human Health in the Present and the Future: Second-Order PrinciplesChapter 4 Environmental Risks, Rights, and the Failure of Liberal Democracy: Some Possible RemediesPart 5 Part IIChapter 6 Why We Need a Nonanthropocentric Environmental Evaluation of Technology for Public PolicyChapter 7 Development and Environmental Racism: The Case of Ken Saro-Wiwa and the OgoniChapter 8 Biotechnology and Transgenics in Agriculture and Aquaculture: The Perspective from Ecosystem IntegrityPart 9 Part IIIChapter 10 The Greeks and Kant: The Quest for Compatible EthicsChapter 11 Integrity, Public Policy, and the Law: A Question of SustainabilityChapter 12 From Living with Integrity to Living in Integrity: Second-Order Principles for a Global EthicChapter 13 A Design for a Global EthicChapter 14 Index