1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910449664103321

Autore

Peterson Anna Lisa <1963->

Titolo

Being human [[electronic resource] ] : ethics, environment, and our place in the world / / Anna L. Peterson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2001

ISBN

1-4175-2334-4

1-282-75888-8

9786612758881

0-520-92605-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (301 p.)

Disciplina

179/.1

Soggetti

Environmental ethics

Ethics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-286) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Not of the World: Human Exceptionalism in Western Tradition -- 3. The Social Construction of Nature and Human Nature -- 4. The Relational Self: Asian Views of Nature and Human Nature -- 5. Person and Nature in Native American Worldviews -- 6. Relationships, Stories, and Feminist Ethics -- 7. Evolution, Ecology, and Ethics -- 8. In and Of the World: Toward a Chastened Constructionist Anthropology -- 9. Different Natures -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Being Human examines the complex connections among conceptions of human nature, attitudes toward non-human nature, and ethics. Anna Peterson proposes an "ethical anthropology" that examines how ideas of nature and humanity are bound together in ways that shape the very foundations of cultures. Peterson discusses mainstream Western understandings of what it means to be human, as well as alternatives to these perspectives, and suggests that the construction of a compelling, coherent environmental ethics will revise our ideas not only about nature but also about what it means to be human.



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996396176303316

Autore

Woodcock Francis <1614?-1651.>

Titolo

The two vvitnesses [[electronic resource] ] : discovered in severall sermons upon the eleventh chapter of the Revelation, wherein, after the prophesie opened, the great question of these times. Viz. whether the two witnesses are slain, yea or no, is modestly discussed. / / Preached at Lawrence-Jewry in London, by F.W. lecturer of the said place. It is this seven and twentieth day of April, 1643. ordered by the Committee of the House of Commons in Parliament, concerning printing, that these sermons intituled, the two witnesses, be printed for Luke Fawne. John White

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed by J.R. for Luke Fawne and are to be sold at the sign of the Parriot in Pauls Church-yard, 1643

Descrizione fisica

[2], 95, [1] p

Soggetti

Sermons, English - 17th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

F.W. = Francis Woodcock--Cf. Wing.

Annotation on Thomason copy: "Aprill 28th".

Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018