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Autore |
McDonald H. P (Hugh P.) |
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Titolo |
Environmental philosophy : a revaluation of cosmopolitan ethics from an ecocentric standpoint / / Hugh P. McDonald |
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Amsterdam, Netherlands : , : Rodopi, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (510 p.) |
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Collana |
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Value Inquiry Book Series ; ; Volume 273 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Environmental sciences - Philosophy |
Environmental ethics |
Environmental sciences |
Environmentalism |
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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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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preliminary Material -- INTRODUCTION -- TOWARD A DEONTOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS -- RETHINKING COSMOPOLITAN ETHICS -- COSMOPOLITAN VIRTUE: A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF A GENERATION -- THE PROBLEM OF “RIGHTS” IN THE WILD -- VALUE AND OBLIGATION -- RATIONAL SELF-INTEREST, AN OXYMORON -- POPULATION: A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF THE “RIGHT” TO UNLIMITED PROCREATION -- IN DEFENSE OF SPECIES -- THE VIRTUES OF THRIFT -- THE CULTURE OF DEATH -- PRACTICAL PROGRAM FOR IMPLEMENTING THE ENVIRONMENTAL ERA -- ENVIRONMENTAL PHILOSOPHY AS A SYSTEM: FROM ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS TO ENVIRONMENTAL PHILOSOPHY -- RARE, THREATENED AND ENDANGERED: REFLECTIONS UPON THE CATEGORIES OF BOTANICAL SCARCITY -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- Index -- VIBS. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Environmental Philosophy: A Revaluation of Cosmopolitan Ethics from an Ecocentric Standpoint calls for a new approach to ethics. Starting from the necessity for all life of air, water, and food, the book revalues the relation of ethics and environmentalism. Using insights of the environmental ethicists, environmental ethics becomes the model for ethics as a whole. Humans are part of a larger environment. |
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