Upstream/Downstream Issues in Environmental Ethics

These original essays explore non-reciprocated relationships with regard to the environment. The contributors-philosophers who are known for their writing on environmental concerns-discuss moral issues that arise when decisions by individuals, corporations, or governments cause changes in the environment that affect those who do not participate in the decisions. Among the topics addressed are population expansion, accumulation of toxic wastes, pollution of air and water, as well as the effects of actions by the "upstream," current generation on "downstream," future generations. Author note: Donald Scherer is Professor of Philosophy at Bowling Green State University.Scherer, Donald is the author of 'Upstream/Downstream Issues in Environmental Ethics', published 1993 under ISBN 9781566390798 and ISBN 1566390796.