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Main Author: Shrader-Frechette, K. S. (Kristin Sharon)
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Series:Environmental ethics and science policy.
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245 1 0 |a Environmental justice  |h [electronic resource] :  |b creating equality, reclaiming democracy /  |c Kristin Shrader-Frechette. 
260 |a Oxford ;  |a New York :  |b Oxford University Press,  |c 2002. 
300 |a xiii, 269 p. 
490 1 |a Environmental ethics and science policy series 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 8 |a Machine generated contents note: 1 Introduction 3 -- Environmentalism and Biocentrism 4 -- From Environmentalism to Environmental Justice 5 -- Understanding Environmental Injustice 6 -- Overview of the Book 18 -- 2 Distributive Justice, Participative Justice, and the Principle of Prima Facie Political Equality 23 -- Overview 24 -- The Principle of Prima Facie Political Equality (PPFPE) and Distributive Justice 24 -- The Principle of Prima Facie Political Equality and Participative Justice 27 -- Objections to the Principle of Prima Facie Political Equality 29 -- How Careless Use of Science Can Encourage Environmental Injustice 34 -- Federal versus Local Control of Siting: Balancing Equity and Utility 36 -- A Case Study 41 -- Conclusions 47 -- 3 Appalachians, Access to Land, and Procedural Justice 49 -- Overview 50 -- Setting the Scene for the First Argument: The -- California Farmer 51 -- Another Instance of Environmental Injustice: The Appalachian Farmer 53 -- ProceduralJustice and End-State Principles 55 -- A Procedurally Based Argumentfor Limiting Property Rights in Resources 56 -- Resource Transactions, Voluntariness, and the Lockean Proviso 56 -- Suggestions for Limiting Property Rights in Land 62 -- Objections to the Argument 63 -- A Second Argument for Limiting Property Rights in Resources 64 -- Objections to the Second Argument 65 -- Conclusion 68 -- 4 African Americans, LULUs, and Free Informed Consent 71 -- Reverend Coleman and the South Side 71 -- Overview 74 -- A Case Study: Homer, Louisiana 74 -- The Louisiana Siting Was Not EthicallyJustified 77 -- Objections and Replies: An EnvironmentallyJust Energy Policy 84 -- Objections and Replies: No Economic Need for the Plant 90 -- Postscript 92 -- 5 Equity and Duties to Future Generations: The Case of Yucca Mountain 95 -- Overview 95 -- Prima Facie Arguments for Equal Treatment 96 -- Utilitarian Objections 97 -- Duties to Future Generations 100 -- Consent and Future Persons 105 -- Practical and Legal Considerations Affecting Justice for Future People 113 -- Conclusions 116 -- 6 Native Peoples and the Problem of Paternalism 117 -- Colonialism and the Exploitation of Indigenous People: The Case of Shell Oil 118 -- Overview 121 -- Paternalism, Consent, and Participative Justice 122 -- The Mescalero Apache, Paternalism, and Waste Disposal 124 -- Environmental Justice and the Mescalero 126 -- Geographical Inequality, Distributive Justice, and the Mescalero 128 -- History of the Nuclear Waste Issue 129 -- Science Relevant to Nuclear Waste Problem 131 -- Conclusion 132 -- 7 Risky Occupational Environments, the Double Standard, and Just Compensation 135 -- Overview 136 -- The Double Standard 137 -- Historical Background 138 -- The Theory of the Compensating Wage Differential 139 -- Arguments against the CWD 148 -- A Case Study: Six Hundred Thousand DOE Workers 152 -- Conclusions and Alternatives 161 -- 8 Developing Nations, Equal Protection, and the Limits of Moral Heroism 163 -- Overview 165 -- The Social Progress Argument 166 -- The BloodyLoafArgument 167 -- The Consent Argument and a Moral Response to It 171 -- The Economic-RealityArgument and a Moral Response to It 175 -- Citizens' Responsibilities for Environmental Justice 177 -- Conclusion 182 -- 9 Taking Action: Public Responsibility for Environmental -- Justice 185 -- Overview 185 -- EnvironmentalJustice Advocacy 186 -- The Tilted Playing Field 186 -- Consequentialist Arguments for Environmental Justice Advocacy 195 -- Deontological Arguments for Environmental Justice Advocacy 197 -- Restrictions on Environmental-Justice Advocacy 197 -- Practical Steps: Working with Nongovernmental Organizations 202 -- Conclusion 205. 
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