Introduction to Political Theory

in nature is, it is claimed, mirrored in a social hierarchy. Sometimes, it is simply the perceived fanaticism of the Green movem ...

behave cannot be generated from observational facts – the moral ‘ought’ cannot be derived from an observation of what ‘is’. This ...

these layers, largely determined by the need for food and energy. Industrialisation has changed the pyramid in a number of ways. ...

human values and reasons for action. To use John Rawls’s language, deep ecology offers a comprehensive conception of the good fo ...

Present human interference with the non-human world is excessive, and the situation is rapidly worsening. Policies must therefo ...

made through a chain of authorities, such as local, national and supra-national, then if those decisions are made by majority vo ...

the system, will have catastrophic consequences; in particular, he objects to the United Nations’ claim, as restated in the Decl ...

equally in need, we have to choose: we could choose ten, which would leave us with no emergency capacity and would require us to ...

Critique of ecologism We have set out the central elements of ecologism. In this final section we explore some of its ethical an ...

the everyday sense that there is a distinction: imagine looking out of the window at a tree-lined street of apartment blocks. Hu ...

modern industrial society, but without the costs; if that were Sale’s point, then it would amount to a much more generous compli ...

by human acquisitiveness, which is fed by, for example, advertising. Since the achievement of a sustainable society depends on a ...

ecologists will argue that neither science nor technology are in themselves to be rejected, but rather it is the degree of inter ...

impacts disproportionately on the poor, because they have to commit a greater proportion of income to paying for energy. These p ...

that forgo consumption will simply advantage those that do not. It is in the context of this debate over energy depletion that L ...

Virtue, and Progress(London: Sage, 1999); Alan Carter, A Radical Green Political Theory (London: Routledge, 1999); John Dryzek, ...

Chapter 17 Fundamentalism Introduction Politicians and the media speak more and more about the threat of ‘fundamentalism’ and ho ...

The diversity of fundamentalisms Y ou are poring over the newspaper one day and you note the bewildering array of references to ...

Is the concept of fundamentalism coherent? Consider whether the term applies to all religions, or to one religion in particular ...

Label or concept? Fundamentalism is a relatively recent idea (although an old phenomenon). It relates to the interpretation of a ...