A Philosophical Case for Ecological Pessimism

Auteur

Toby Svoboda teaches philosophy and environmental studies at Colgate University. His previous book is A Philosophical Defense of Misanthropy (Routledge, 2022).

Texte du rabat

Our current ecological crisis-featuring climate change, ocean acidification, and mass extinction-raises moral issues, including a high probability of injustice and massive harm. This book defends a position called ecological pessimism, whose core feature is the belief that ecological catastrophe is likely to occur in the future.

Résumé
Our current ecological crisisfeaturing climate change, ocean acidification, and mass extinctionraises moral issues, including a high probability of injustice and massive harm. This book defends a position called ecological pessimism, whose core feature is the belief that ecological catastrophe is likely to occur in the future.

Contenu

Introduction 1. Ecological Risks 2. Understanding Pessimism 3. Evil in Environmental Affairs 4. Objections to Ecological Pessimism 5. Environmental Philosophy as a Way of Life 6. A Case for Meliorism 7. Why Not Optimism?