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Table of Contents
Intro
Preface
Acknowledgments
Contents
Contributors
Part I: Understanding Water Ethics
Chapter 1: Valuing Water
1.1 Anthropocentric Ethics: From Theory to Application
1.2 Shifting Paradigms: Lessons from Traditional Ecological Knowledge
1.2.1 Water with Spirit
1.2.2 On Water Relationality
1.2.3 Water Threatened
1.2.4 Indigenous Resurgence and Water Defenders
1.3 Navigating among Plural Moral Perspectives
1.4 Final Reflections
References
Chapter 2: Water and Ecological Ethics in the Anthropocene
2.1 Introduction
2.2 The Challenge of the Anthropocene
2.3 Right Relationship with Water
2.3.1 Aspects of Water Ethics: A Relational Perspective and Six Principles
2.4 Principles of Water Ethics
2.5 The Law of Water: Private Property, Public Trust
2.5.1 Applying Ethical Principles: Right Relationship and Trusteeship in Water Management
2.5.2 Accommodating the Interconnectivity of Water in Fair Governance and Use
2.6 Conclusion
References
Chapter 3: Contextualizing a Human Rights Perspective for Water Ethics: From Exploitation to Empowerment and Beyond
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Resource Exploitation and Market Environmentalism: Conservation and Efficiency
3.2.1 Terminological and Conceptual Clarifications
3.2.2 Markets as a Remedy for Tragedy of the Commons
3.2.3 Why Do Governments Welcome PSP?: Conservation and Water Pricing
3.2.4 Scrutinizing Claims of Efficiency Gains from PSP
3.2.5 Challenging Assumptions
3.2.6 Clashes Over Values and Unfulfilled Expectations
3.2.7 Shift Toward Remunicipalization
3.3 A Human Rights Perspective: Empowerment and Equity
3.3.1 Legal Rights: International (and National) Human Rights to Water
3.4 Conclusion
References
Chapter 4: Uses of Feminist Eco-Criticism for Water Policy
4.1 Fresh Water: A Human Right?
4.2 Neoliberalization of Cheap Nature
4.3 The Pull of Meat on Fresh Water
4.4 Ecofeminism, Essentialism, and the Gendered Devaluation of Nature
4.5 Should We Dissolve Society/Nature Dualisms?
4.6 Water Policy and Critical Ecofeminism
4.7 Conclusion
References
Chapter 5: Water, Stakeholder Values, and Decision Making
5.1 Background
5.2 Values Analysis
5.2.1 Sidestepping the Problem
5.3 Competence
5.3.1 Implications for Water Management
5.3.2 Leadership and the Role of Philosophers
References
Reference
Part II: Place-Based Challenges
Chapter 6: The Ethics of Blue Urbanism
6.1 Defining the Moral Community (of Blue)
6.2 Which Nature in Blue Cities?
6.3 Fostering Empathy for Marine Life
6.4 Does the Ocean, or a Harbor, Have a Legal Right?
6.5 The Value of (Marine) Wildness in a Modern City
6.6 The Ethics of Blue Commoning
6.7 Public Investments in Marine Awe?
6.8 Are There Public Rights to the Blue?
6.9 Fair Risk and Ethical Adaptation
Preface
Acknowledgments
Contents
Contributors
Part I: Understanding Water Ethics
Chapter 1: Valuing Water
1.1 Anthropocentric Ethics: From Theory to Application
1.2 Shifting Paradigms: Lessons from Traditional Ecological Knowledge
1.2.1 Water with Spirit
1.2.2 On Water Relationality
1.2.3 Water Threatened
1.2.4 Indigenous Resurgence and Water Defenders
1.3 Navigating among Plural Moral Perspectives
1.4 Final Reflections
References
Chapter 2: Water and Ecological Ethics in the Anthropocene
2.1 Introduction
2.2 The Challenge of the Anthropocene
2.3 Right Relationship with Water
2.3.1 Aspects of Water Ethics: A Relational Perspective and Six Principles
2.4 Principles of Water Ethics
2.5 The Law of Water: Private Property, Public Trust
2.5.1 Applying Ethical Principles: Right Relationship and Trusteeship in Water Management
2.5.2 Accommodating the Interconnectivity of Water in Fair Governance and Use
2.6 Conclusion
References
Chapter 3: Contextualizing a Human Rights Perspective for Water Ethics: From Exploitation to Empowerment and Beyond
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Resource Exploitation and Market Environmentalism: Conservation and Efficiency
3.2.1 Terminological and Conceptual Clarifications
3.2.2 Markets as a Remedy for Tragedy of the Commons
3.2.3 Why Do Governments Welcome PSP?: Conservation and Water Pricing
3.2.4 Scrutinizing Claims of Efficiency Gains from PSP
3.2.5 Challenging Assumptions
3.2.6 Clashes Over Values and Unfulfilled Expectations
3.2.7 Shift Toward Remunicipalization
3.3 A Human Rights Perspective: Empowerment and Equity
3.3.1 Legal Rights: International (and National) Human Rights to Water
3.4 Conclusion
References
Chapter 4: Uses of Feminist Eco-Criticism for Water Policy
4.1 Fresh Water: A Human Right?
4.2 Neoliberalization of Cheap Nature
4.3 The Pull of Meat on Fresh Water
4.4 Ecofeminism, Essentialism, and the Gendered Devaluation of Nature
4.5 Should We Dissolve Society/Nature Dualisms?
4.6 Water Policy and Critical Ecofeminism
4.7 Conclusion
References
Chapter 5: Water, Stakeholder Values, and Decision Making
5.1 Background
5.2 Values Analysis
5.2.1 Sidestepping the Problem
5.3 Competence
5.3.1 Implications for Water Management
5.3.2 Leadership and the Role of Philosophers
References
Reference
Part II: Place-Based Challenges
Chapter 6: The Ethics of Blue Urbanism
6.1 Defining the Moral Community (of Blue)
6.2 Which Nature in Blue Cities?
6.3 Fostering Empathy for Marine Life
6.4 Does the Ocean, or a Harbor, Have a Legal Right?
6.5 The Value of (Marine) Wildness in a Modern City
6.6 The Ethics of Blue Commoning
6.7 Public Investments in Marine Awe?
6.8 Are There Public Rights to the Blue?
6.9 Fair Risk and Ethical Adaptation