A Sustainable Philosophy—The Work of Bryan Norton

Part of the The International Library of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Ethics Book Series (volume 26)

Editors: Sarkar, Sahotra; Minteer, Ben A.

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-92597-4

ISBN: 978-3-319-92596-7

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

Jul 17, 2018

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Chapter 11Adaptive Management in Social Ecological Systems: Taming the Wicked?

Zia, Asim

Pages: 167 –187

[In many publications, Bryan Norton has proposed hierarchical systems theory to understand and manage complex environmental conservation and sustainability problems. In doing so, Norton drew from the decision science and planning theory literature to frame persistent environmental problems,...
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Chapter 12Does Deliberation Promote Ecological Citizenship? The Convergence Hypothesis and the Reality of Polarization

Keulartz, Jozef

Pages: 189 –212

[This chapter will subject Bryan Norton’s well-known ‘convergence hypothesis’ to a critical assessment with a view to improve our understanding of the possibilities and difficulties of environmental citizenship. I will argue that Norton holds overly optimistic expectations regarding the...
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Chapter 13Deliberative Decisions and Formal Multicriteria Analysis: Addressing Norton’s Skepticism

Sarkar, Sahotra

Pages: 213 –236

[Norton has argued for the salience of deliberative strategies for making environmental decisions which is supposed to be preferable to formal decision analysis. This paper argues that formal multicriteria decision analysis, when deployed with care, has the flexibility to absorb the advantages of...
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Chapter 14Ecology, Economics and Ethics: The Three Es Required for the Sustainable Management of Wild Sentient Species

Warburton, Bruce; Anderson, Dean

Pages: 237 –252

[Wild sentient species (primarily vertebrates), both introduced and indigenous, are managed for a range of reasons and often using lethal methods. Use of these tools often raises ethical challenges and uncertainty for wildlife managers, and when combined with ecological and economic...
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Chapter 15The Transformative Ark

Minteer, Ben A.; Rojas, Christopher

Pages: 253 –271

[As conservationists confront an accelerating extinction crisis, zoos are emerging as potentially significant players in the effort to protect global biodiversity, a role that will likely intensify in the coming decades. It’s an agenda, however, that raises a number of ethical and practical...
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Chapter 16The Pragmatist’s View: A Conversation with Bryan Norton

Meine, Curt

Pages: 273 –292

[In a wide-ranging interview conducted in July 2016, Bryan Norton reviewed his career path and contributions to environmental ethics and policy over more than four decades. Norton discusses the origins of his interest in environmental philosophy; the emergence and evolution of environmental...

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