Having manipulated water for irrigation, energy, and burgeoning urban centers, humans are facing the reality that although fresh water is renewable, it is as finite as any other resource. Countries,
This book isa provocative examination of the idea of greed from various perspectives, drawing together experts from academia, politics and business. Greed explores whether the desire for materi
A collection of essays consider such topics as creating a cool lifestyle for a warming planet, the connection between faith and environmental protection, and working toward creating a carbon-friendly
This volume spotlights the unique problems that often accompany a high-income lifestyle and offers guidelines that can help individuals avoid the pitfalls wealth may bring.
In two years, Gitterman went from earning less that $20,000 per year to running his own financial services company, yet after reaching the pot of gold, he longed for something more. Here, he shares a
In the context of the current financial crisis, and at a time of deep global change, growing attention is paid to the global norms and ethical values that could underpin future global policy. Water is
How do science, and decisions that scientists make, affect us? What are the universal problems facing modern science? How are these issues dealt with in different societies? This series explores our r
Judging by their public images they tended to be masculine in appearance and outlook. Some marched into saloons and emptied them. Others spoke for hours without respite in front of packed houses. Flet
Peter Singer, the groundbreaking ethicist whom The New Yorker calls the most influential philosopher alive teams up again with Jim Mason, his coauthor on the acclaimed Animal Factories, to set their
How much are we morally required to do to help people who are much worse off than us? Philosophers have often raised this question in assessing the plausibility of particular moral theories. But it i
Following on from the success of the first edition, John Coveney traces our complex relationship with food and eating and our preoccupation with diet, self-discipline and food guilt. Using our current
"Food, Morals and Meaning "traces our complex relationship with food and eating and our preoccupation with diet, self-discipline and food guilt. Using our current fascination with health and nutrition
A thought-provoking look at how what we eat profoundly affects all living things—and how we can make more ethical food choicesFive Principles for Making Conscientious Food Choices1. Trans
Gay Hawkins explores the ethical significance of waste in everyday life_from the broadest conceptions of waste and loss to how the environmental movement has affected the ways we think about garbage.
Gay Hawkins explores the ethical significance of waste in everyday life_from the broadest conceptions of waste and loss to how the environmental movement has affected the ways we think about garbage.
The spiritual leader of the renowned Church of Stop Shopping takes his anticonsumerist sermon from the stage to the page. The Reverend Billy is a revivalist preacher who leads the Church of Stop Shopp
Grasping. Avarice. Covetousness. Miserliness. Insatiable cupidity. Overreaching ambition. Desire spun out of control. The deadly sin of Greed goes by many names, appears in many guises, and wreaks ha
Proposing "voluntary simplicity" as a alternative to consumer culture within the capitalist framework, Doherty (former managing editor, The Responsive Community and Etzioni (Institute for Communitaria
The spiritual leader of The Church of Stop Shopping takes his anti-consumerist sermon from the stage to the page. Treat him as any other customer and do not respond to his or his devotees' antics. Ask
