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UNINA9910785462903321 |
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Autore |
Belshaw Christopher |
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Titolo |
Environmental philosophy : reason, nature and human concern / / Christopher Belshaw |
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Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2014 |
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1-317-49003-7 |
1-317-49004-5 |
1-315-71080-3 |
1-282-92128-2 |
9786612921285 |
1-84465-326-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiv, 322 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Philosophy of nature |
Environmental sciences - Philosophy |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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First published 2001 by Acumen. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-318) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1 Problems; 2 Causes; 3 Solutions I: Voting and Pricing; 4 Solutions II: Moral Theory; 5 Animals; 6 Life; 7 Rivers, Species, Land; 8 Deep Ecology; 9 Value; 10 Beauty; 11 Human Beings; Afterword; Appendix A Deep Ecology: Central Texts; Appendix B The Axiarchical View; Appendix C Gaia; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This introduction to the philosophy of the environment examines current debates on how we should think about the natural world and our place within it. The subject is examined from a determinedly analytic philosophical perspective, focusing on questions of value, but taking in attendant issues in epistemology and metaphysics as well. The book begins by considering the nature, extent and origin of the environmental problems with which we need to be concerned. Chapters go on to consider familiar strategies for dealing with environmental problems, and then consider what sort of things are of direct moral concern, examining in turn at animals, non-sentient life-forms, natural but non-living things and deep ecology. The final part of the book |
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