Laura Westra
Biographic Data
| ID | 457525 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laura Westra |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laura |
| FAMILY NAME | Westra |
| SIGNATURE | WESTRA L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Windsor |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 19 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Role of Integrity in the Governance of the Commons
The notion of immunity for pre-birth harms
This paper is based on the new understanding of children’s health relating to recent science regarding the work of Philip Landrigan and Ruth Etzel on children’s environmental health. The main concern is the presence of chemical exposures that result in grave harms from birth to early childhood. I argue that these discoveries cast a different light on the question of immunity for prenatal harms, and the right to healthy development from before bir…
Towards a Refugee Oriented Right of Asylum
A decade ago world leaders at the 2005 UN World Summit endorsed the idea of ‘Responsibility to Protect’ as a restraint on state sovereignty. This was intended to curb a country’s tendency to mistreat its citizens. A state’s sovereignty was thus declared to be inseparable from its ‘responsibility to protect’ those on its territory. Sovereignty was not merely a form of control. There was a duty to protect those over whom sovereignty was exercised. …
Environment and Environmental Ethics
In the sense intended by Environmental Ethics (EE), “environment” refers specifically to the natural world of which humans are a part.
Faces of State Terrorism
Terrorism, a widespread global phenomenon, manifests itself in the actions and the policies of individuals and groups, but also and primarily in the actions and policies of states. Delving into the seldom-discussed question of the motivation for most episodes of terrorism, this book studies terrorism's effects based on the economic and geopolitical imbalances that frame today's global governance. The main goal of terrorism is to induce terror, an…
Reconciling Human Existence with Ecological Integrity
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Environmental Justice and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
More than 300 million people in over 70 countries make up the worlds indigenous populations. Yet despite ever-growing pressures on their lands, environment and way of life through outside factors such as climate change and globalization, their rights in these and other respects are still not fully recognized in international law. In this incisive book, Laura Westra deftly reveals the lethal effects that damage to ecological integrity can have on …
Climate change and the human right to water
Environmental Justice and the Rights of Ecological Refugees
Climate change and other environmental problems are increasingly leading to the displacement of populations from their homelands, whether through drought, flooding, famine or other causes. Worse, there is currently no protection in international law for people made refugees by such means. Following on from her previous explorations of environmental justice as it relates to future generations and indigenous peoples, Laura Westra now turns her atte…
From Aldo Leopold to the Wildlands Project
Living in Integrity
Mariachiara Tallacchini. Diritto per la Natura
The Culture of Wilderness
Journal Article The Culture of Wilderness: Agriculture as Colonization in the American West Get access The Culture of Wilderness: Agriculture as Colonization in the American West. By Knobloch Frieda. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1996. xi + 204 pp. Notes, bibliography, index. $39.95, cloth; $14.95, paper.) Laura Westra Laura Westra University of Windsor Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar W…
Why Norton’s Approach is Insufficient for Environmental Ethics
If You Poison Us
Journal Article If You Poison Us: Uranium and Native Americans Get access If You Poison Us: Uranium and Native Americans. By Eichstaedt Peter H.. (Santa Fe: Red Crane Books, 1994. xvi + 263 pp. Illustrations, map, chart, appendixes, notes, bibliography, index. $19.95.) Laura Westra Laura Westra University of Windsor, Ontario Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 26, Issue 4, …
Agricultural practices, ecology, and ethics in the third world
Sergio Bartolommei
Ecology and Animals
On War and Innocence
In this paper I propose to examine a notion often used in assessing the morality of war: “innocence”. Assessments of innocence within this context range from Nagel's straightforward working definition of ”currently harmless”, to Richard Wasserstrom's painstakingly legalistic assessment, to Anscombe's definition and discussion of innocence and responsibility
Let It Be
Death Can Be BeautifulKenneth A. Bryson Antigonish, NS
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Why Norton’s Approach is Insufficient for Environmental Ethics
Environmental Justice and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
More than 300 million people in over 70 countries make up the worlds indigenous populations. Yet despite ever-growing pressures on their lands, environment and way of life through outside factors such as climate change and globalization, their rights in these and other respects are still not fully recognized in international law. In this incisive book, Laura Westra deftly reveals the lethal effects that damage to ecological integrity can have on …
Ecology and Animals
Death Can Be BeautifulKenneth A. Bryson Antigonish, NS
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Let It Be
On War and Innocence
In this paper I propose to examine a notion often used in assessing the morality of war: “innocence”. Assessments of innocence within this context range from Nagel's straightforward working definition of ”currently harmless”, to Richard Wasserstrom's painstakingly legalistic assessment, to Anscombe's definition and discussion of innocence and responsibility
Ecology and Animals
Agricultural practices, ecology, and ethics in the third world
Sergio Bartolommei
If You Poison Us
Journal Article If You Poison Us: Uranium and Native Americans Get access If You Poison Us: Uranium and Native Americans. By Eichstaedt Peter H.. (Santa Fe: Red Crane Books, 1994. xvi + 263 pp. Illustrations, map, chart, appendixes, notes, bibliography, index. $19.95.) Laura Westra Laura Westra University of Windsor, Ontario Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 26, Issue 4, …
Why Norton’s Approach is Insufficient for Environmental Ethics
The Culture of Wilderness
Journal Article The Culture of Wilderness: Agriculture as Colonization in the American West Get access The Culture of Wilderness: Agriculture as Colonization in the American West. By Knobloch Frieda. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1996. xi + 204 pp. Notes, bibliography, index. $39.95, cloth; $14.95, paper.) Laura Westra Laura Westra University of Windsor Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar W…
Mariachiara Tallacchini. Diritto per la Natura
Living in Integrity
From Aldo Leopold to the Wildlands Project
Environmental Justice and the Rights of Ecological Refugees
Climate change and other environmental problems are increasingly leading to the displacement of populations from their homelands, whether through drought, flooding, famine or other causes. Worse, there is currently no protection in international law for people made refugees by such means. Following on from her previous explorations of environmental justice as it relates to future generations and indigenous peoples, Laura Westra now turns her atte…
Climate change and the human right to water
Faces of State Terrorism
Terrorism, a widespread global phenomenon, manifests itself in the actions and the policies of individuals and groups, but also and primarily in the actions and policies of states. Delving into the seldom-discussed question of the motivation for most episodes of terrorism, this book studies terrorism's effects based on the economic and geopolitical imbalances that frame today's global governance. The main goal of terrorism is to induce terror, an…
Reconciling Human Existence with Ecological Integrity
TEST 02 - Elsevier's Scopus, the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature. Search and access research from the science, technology, medicine, social sciences and arts and humanities fields
Environmental Justice and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
More than 300 million people in over 70 countries make up the worlds indigenous populations. Yet despite ever-growing pressures on their lands, environment and way of life through outside factors such as climate change and globalization, their rights in these and other respects are still not fully recognized in international law. In this incisive book, Laura Westra deftly reveals the lethal effects that damage to ecological integrity can have on …
Environment and Environmental Ethics
In the sense intended by Environmental Ethics (EE), “environment” refers specifically to the natural world of which humans are a part.
Towards a Refugee Oriented Right of Asylum
A decade ago world leaders at the 2005 UN World Summit endorsed the idea of ‘Responsibility to Protect’ as a restraint on state sovereignty. This was intended to curb a country’s tendency to mistreat its citizens. A state’s sovereignty was thus declared to be inseparable from its ‘responsibility to protect’ those on its territory. Sovereignty was not merely a form of control. There was a duty to protect those over whom sovereignty was exercised. …
The Role of Integrity in the Governance of the Commons
The notion of immunity for pre-birth harms
This paper is based on the new understanding of children’s health relating to recent science regarding the work of Philip Landrigan and Ruth Etzel on children’s environmental health. The main concern is the presence of chemical exposures that result in grave harms from birth to early childhood. I argue that these discoveries cast a different light on the question of immunity for prenatal harms, and the right to healthy development from before bir…
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