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Product Description 'Sustainability' and 'sustainable development' have become key phrases of the politics of the environment. They are at the centre of much environmental discourse and indeed of the series of which this collection is a part. This major volume brings together a number of recent papers that address the ethical and political assumptions that underlie different uses of those concepts.Part I examines equality and justice. Part II focuses on justice, equality and future generations. Part III deals with the moral considerability of the non-human world and Part IV looks at environmental justice. Part V examines economic valuation and Part VI discusses sustainability. Part VII covers sustainability and nature.This volume will be an invaluable source of reference for scholars of environmental economics, environmental political theory, environmental ethics and geography, and all those concerned with the philosophical foundations of sustainability. Review 'The volume... ties up all the philosophical issues that lie behind and are raised by the concept(s) of sustainable development - intergenerational equity, intragenerational justice, respect for non-human life, the problem of wilderness, eco-feminism, the monetarisability of the environment and the replaceability of natural "capital". Although there is much discussion of the meaning of equity - which is overly confused here with equity - this volume covers all of the key areas admirably. It is so refreshing to read papers that tear to pieces the notion that monetarism can ever be a way of solving environmental problems, and particularly that show how the concept of "willingness to pay", so beloved of economists, is anathema to sustainable development.' -- Hazel Greenwood, Place'John O'Neill's introduction is outstanding... excellent volume, one that will be an invaluable reference work.'– John Barry, Organization and Environment About the Author Edited by John O’Neill, Professor