Exploring Environmental Ethics

Kimberly Smith is Professor of Environmental Studies and Political Science at Carleton College, teaching courses in political theory, constitutional law, environmental ethics and environmental politics.  She earned her Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Michigan and a J.D. from the University of California at Berkeley.  Her publications include African American Environmental Thought (University Press of Kansas, 2007) and Governing Animals: Animal Welfare and the Liberal State (Oxford University Press, 2012).

• 1.Introduction.- 2.Why Study Environmental Ethics?.- 3.Justice and Political Duties.- 4.Do We Have Duties to Nonhumans?.- 5.Do We Have Duties to Future Generations?.- 6.Property and Stewardship.- 7.Valuing Landscapes.- 8.Stewardship as a Vocation.