03780nam 22007693 450 991063538770332120250628110041.097830309903123030990311(CKB)5680000000295210(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/96267(MiAaPQ)EBC7165948(Au-PeEL)EBL7165948(OCoLC)1360430554(PPN)267815956(ODN)ODN0010073696(EXLCZ)99568000000029521020230317d2022 uy 0engurmn|---annantxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSpeciesism in Biology and Culture How Human Exceptionalism Is Pushing Planetary Boundaries1st ed.2022Cham :Springer International Publishing AG,2022.©2022.1 electronic resource (203 p.)9783030990299 303099029X This open access book explores a wide-ranging discussion about the sociopolitical, cultural, and scientific ramifications of speciesism and world views that derive from it. In this light, it integrates subjects across the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities. The 21st-century western world is anthropocentric to an extreme; we adopt unreasonably self-centered and self-serving ideas and lifestyles. Americans consume more energy resources per person than most other nations on Earth and have little concept of how human ecology and population biology interface with global sustainability. We draw upon religion, popular culture, politics, and technology to justify our views and actions, yet remain self-centered because our considerations rarely extend beyond our immediate interests. Stepping upward on the hierarchy from “racism,” “speciesism” likewise refers to the view that unique natural kinds (species) exist and are an important structural element of biodiversity. This ideology manifests in the cultural idea that humans are distinct from and intrinsically superior to other forms of life. It further carries a plurality of implications for how we perceive ourselves in relation to nature, how we view Judeo-Christian religions and their tenets, how we respond to scientific data about social problems such as climate change, and how willing we are to change our actions in the face of evidence.EvolutionbicsscClimate changebicsscHistorybicsscConservation of the environmentbicsscEthics & moral philosophybicsscSustainabilitybicsscBioèticathubAntropocentrismethubRelacions ésser humà-animalthubLlibres electrònicsthubSpeciesismanthropocentric practicesconservation biologyecological and evolutionary historyenvironmental ethicsreligion and cultureEvolutionClimate changeHistoryConservation of the environmentEthics & moral philosophySustainabilityBioèticaAntropocentrismeRelacions ésser humà-animal.HIS000000NAT011000PHI005000SCI026000SCI027000bisacshSwartz Brian1309746Mishler Brent D1272086MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910635387703321Speciesism in Biology and Culture3057671UNINA