The Environmental Impact of Overpopulation

This book examines the link between population growth and environmental impact and explores the implications of this connection for the ethics of procreation. It will be of great interest to those studying environmental ethics, environmental policy, climate change, sustainability, and population policy.

Autorentext

Trevor Hedberg is a postdoctoral scholar at The Ohio State University, USA, jointly affiliated with the College of Pharmacy and the Center for Ethics and Human Values.

Inhalt

Part 1: Confronting the Problem 1. The Uncomfortable Reality of Rising Numbers 2. The Gravity of the Population Problem Part 2: Intergenerational Ethics, Population Policy, and Personal Procreative Obligations 3. Intergenerational Equity and Long-Term Environmental Impacts 4. The Moral Duty to Halt Population Growth 5. Policies That Promote Smaller Families 6. Individual Procreative Obligations Part 3: Objections from Alternative Approaches to Procreative Ethics 7. Antinatalism 8. Reproductive Rights and Procreative Freedom Part 4: Lingering Questions 9. What about Immigration? 10. What about the Nonhuman Community?11. Can We Solve the Problem? Appendix: The Non-Identity Problem