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Attfield Robin |
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The ethics of environmental concern / / Robin Attfield |
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Athens, GA : , : University of Georgia Press, , [1991] |
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©1991 |
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[Second edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xxiii, 249 pages) |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Introduction to the First Edition -- PART ONE: PROBLEMS AND TRADITIONS -- 1 Ecological Problems -- 2 Man's Dominion and the Judaeo-Christian Heritage -- 3 The Tradition of Stewardship -- 4 Nature and the Place of Man -- 5 Belief in Progress -- PART TWO: APPLIED ETHICS -- 6 Future Generations -- 7 Multiplication and the Value of Life -- 8 The Moral Standing of Nonhumans -- 9 Inter-species Morality: Principles and Priorities -- 10 Problems and Principles: Is a New Ethic Required? A Review of Recent LiteratureReferences -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z. |
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Examines traditional attitudes toward nature and the degree to which these attitudes enable people to cope with modern ecological problems. It looks particularly at the Judaeo-Christian heritage of belief in man's dominion, the tradition of stewardship and the more recent belief in progress. |
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