The first comprehensive treatment of environmental philosophy, going beyond ethics to address the philosophical concepts that underlie environmental thinking and policy-making today
* Encompasses all of environmental philosophy, including conservation biology, restoration ecology, sustainability, environmental justice, and more
* Offers the first treatment of decision theory in an environmental philosophy text
* Explores the conceptions of nature and ethical presuppositions that underlie contemporary environmental debates, and, moving from theory to practice, shows how decision theory translates to public policy
* Addresses both hot-button issues, including population and immigration reform, and such ongoing issues as historical legacies and nations' responsibility and obligation for environmental problems
* Anchors philosophical concepts to their practical applications, establishing the priority of the discipline's real-world importance
