Ethics for Environmental Policy develops a mutually reinforcing set of life-centered decision principles and virtues, and provides practical guidance on the application of the proposed principles in public policy decision-making and in practices central to the cultivation of virtues considered to be hallmarks of good planetary citizenship.The first chapter examines conceptions of nature held by writers from various religious and intellectual traditions and, drawing from a wide range of commentaries on how humans ought to see themselves in relation to the broader natural order, identifies primary elements of an attitude of respect. Subsequent chapters critically examine positions and arguments related to the question of the moral standing of non-human biotic entities, the rightful treatment of animals, and the ethical requirements of natural resource protection, preservation, and sustainable use. The book concludes by presenting a model for applying the proposed life-centered decision principles.