Note: Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements and Disclaimer -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Chapter 1 Setting the Scene -- Abstract -- 1.1 Context and Purpose of Geoethical Inquiries -- 1.1.1 Looking Inward -- 1.1.2 Looking Outward -- 1.2 Locating Contemporary Geoethical Thinking -- 1.2.1 Neighbouring Fields -- 1.2.2 Early Reflections About Geoethics -- 1.2.3 Core and Peripheral Matters -- 1.2.4 Ethical Debates Beyond Geoethical Inquiries -- References -- Chapter 2 Contemporary Geoethics Within the Geosciences -- Abstract -- 2.1 The Origins of Geoethics -- 2.1.1 From Ethics to Geoethics -- 2.1.2 Exploring the Meaning of the Term 'Geoethics' -- 2.2 Contemporary Geoethical Thinking -- 2.2.1 The Concept of Responsibility-Four Levels of Interaction -- 2.2.2 Reference Values on Which to Base Geoethical Perspectives and Actions -- Ethical Values -- Cultural Values -- Social Values -- 2.2.3 Intellectual Freedom: A Fundamental Prerequisite for Practicing Geoethics -- 2.3 Ethical Issues and Ethical Dilemmas -- 2.4 Geoethics Applied to Geosciences -- 2.4.1 The Specific Knowledge and Skills of Geoscientists -- 2.4.2 Why Should We Act Ethically? Geoethics as an Advantage -- 2.4.3 Towards Society: Addressing Global Issues -- Sustainable Development -- Prevention: A Common Resource for Defence Against Georisks -- Adaptation to Climate Change -- Geo-Education: A Duty for Geoscientists, a Benefit for Society -- 2.4.4 Tools for Geoethics-Oriented Practice -- 2.5 A 'Responsible Anthropocentrism'? -- References -- Chapter 3 Exploring Societal Intersections of Geoethical Thinking -- Abstract -- 3.1 First Essay: Knowledge Base-Geosciences as a Stewardship Science -- 3.1.1 Intersections with the Geosphere, an Illustration -- 3.1.2 Niche-Building and Stewardship -- Illustrating the Extent of Geosciences. , Geosciences for Engineered Structures and Culture -- Daily Niche-Building -- Simple, Yet Abstract Concepts -- 3.2 Second Essay: Comparison-Fisheries and Geoethics -- 3.2.1 Small-Scale Fisheries as Part of Building a Human Niche -- 3.2.2 Entangling Small-Scale Fisheries and Geoethics -- First Thread: Bearings, Complexity and Scales -- Second Thread: Context Dependence in Socio-Ecological Systems -- Third Thread: Agent-Centric Approaches to Governance -- 3.2.3 Outlook -- 3.3 Third Essay: Participation-Citizen Geoscience -- 3.3.1 Examples: Citizen Science and Geosciences -- 3.3.2 History: Geosciences, Citizens and Participation -- 3.3.3 Citizen Science: A Generic Application of Geoethics -- 3.3.4 Niche-Building: A Dedicated Application of Citizen Science and Geoethics -- 3.3.5 Outlook -- 3.4 Fourth Essay: Narratives and Sense-Making -- 3.4.1 Traditional and Modern Earth-Centric Narratives -- 3.4.2 Perspectives on Geoscience Narratives -- 3.4.3 Narratives in Times of Anthropogenic Global Change -- 3.4.4 A Framework for Society-Earth-Centric Narratives -- 3.4.5 Outlook -- References -- Chapter 4 Humanistic Geosciences and the Planetary Human Niche -- Abstract -- 4.1 Happiness in Current Times -- 4.1.1 Perceiving Earth as One System, People Included -- 4.1.2 Ethically Conditioned Stewardship -- 4.2 Geoethical Thinking as a Public Good -- 4.2.1 Perceptions and Sense-Making -- 4.2.2 Narratives and Sense-Making -- 4.3 Beyond Geoethical Thinking -- References -- Chapter 5 Reframing Geoethics? -- Abstract -- 5.1 Recognising a Challenge -- 5.2 Expanding Versus Focusing? -- 5.3 Geoethics and Geosophy -- References -- Bibliography -- Index.

Note: Intro -- Foreword -- References -- Preface -- References -- Acknowledgements -- About the Book -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Why Geo-societal Narratives? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Geosciences, Societal Contexts and Geoethics -- 3 How to Read the Book? -- 4 To Contextualise the Book's Writing -- References -- Current Definition and Vision of Geoethics -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Defining Geoethics -- 3 Geoethics for the Earth System: Principles and Values -- 4 Geoethics as Ecological Humanism -- References -- Geoethics Beyond Enmeshment: Critical Reflections on the Post-humanist Position in the Anthropocene -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Timothy Morton and the Post-humanist Position in the Anthropocene -- 3 Critical Reflections on Morton's Post-humanist Position -- 4 Rehabilitation of the Question of Self and World in the Anthropocene: The Experience of World and Earth as Disruption of the Post-humanist Enmeshment -- References -- After the Permafrost: A Provisional Outline -- 1 Preliminaries -- 2 The Character of the Dilemma -- 3 Integrity After Loss -- References -- A Critique of (Weak) Anthropocentric Geoethics -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Anthropocentric View and Its Pitfalls -- 3 Survey of (Selected) Geoethical Publications -- 4 Discussion of the Findings -- 5 Towards a Non-anthropocentric Geoethics -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Exploring the Relevance of the Spiritual Dimension of Noosphere in Geoethics -- 1 Anthropocene and the Technopoly Paradigm -- 2 Geosphere and Noosphere -- 3 Concluding Remarks -- References -- How to Promote Responsible Conducts Towards the Environment: A Semiotic Cultural Psychological Analysis -- 1 Human Variability as a Current Global Challenge -- 2 Culturally Rooted Inter-Individual Variability (Semiotic Cultural Psychology Theory) -- 3 Otherness and Performativity as Constituents of Culture as Sense-Making. , 4 Semiotic Capital -- 5 How to Promote Responsible Conducts Towards the Environment -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- A Copernican Moment: Engaging Economic Ethics in Orchestrating the Geocentric Turn in Economics -- 1 Economics, Values and Performativity -- 2 Economics as a Performative Science -- 3 Towards a Geocentric Conception of the Purpose of Economic Action -- 4 Performing Earth Science by Extending Rights to Non-human Entities -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Geoethics: A Reality Check from Media Coverage of the Anthropocene -- References -- Geoethics Versus Geopolitics. Shoring up the Nation in the Anthropocene Cul-de-sac -- 1 Introduction -- 2 When Did the Anthropocene Begin? Socio-Ethical Implications -- 3 Geoethics Versus Geopolitics -- 4 Nationalism and Climate Change -- 5 The Flabbergasting Delay of Social Sciences -- 5.1 Affluent Society and Consumerist 'Unfreedom' -- 5.2 Understanding the Limits to Growth, Discovering the Limits to Sustainability -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- Sustainable Small-Scale Fishing and Artisanal Mining Need Policies Favourable to a Level Playing Field -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Artisanal Small-Scale Mining and Small-Scale Fisheries Demonstrate Considerable Resilience -- 3 Policies Adapted to Sustainable Small-Scale Operations Are in Line with the SDGs -- 4 The Small-Scale Fisheries Academy as a Safe Space for Respectful Dialogue, Joint Learning and Strengthening Governance Capabilities -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Climate Change, Uncertainty and Ethical Superstorms -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Ethics and Uncertainty -- 3 Ethics and Responsibility -- 4 The Power of Example -- 5 Discussion and Conclusions -- References -- GAIA's Futures in the Anthropocene: A Call for Evolutionary Leadership -- 1 Introduction -- 2 At the Green Beaches of the Anthropocene -- 3 Issues and Challenges -- 4 Moving Forward, SMART-ly. , 5 The White Beaches of the Chthulucene -- 6 Better than 'Humans Incorporated' -- References -- Geo-scientific Culture and Geoethics -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Discussion -- 2.1 Professional Ethics of Scholarly Work -- 2.2 Ethics Towards Society -- 3 Outlook -- References -- Humanistic Geosciences: A Cultural and Educational Construction -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Educational New Paradigms -- 2.1 Technological New Dares -- 2.2 Cultural and Sense-Making Novel Approaches -- 2.3 Citizenship Novel Target -- 2.4 Science Old Complexity -- 3 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Geosciences and Geoethics in Transition: Research Perspectives from Ethics and Philosophy of Science-A Commentary -- References -- Index.