04478oam 2200745Ka 450 991080807750332120190503073403.00-262-30102-41-280-49892-797866135941500-262-30177-6(CKB)2550000000101175(EBL)3339438(SSID)ssj0000681318(PQKBManifestationID)11396609(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000681318(PQKBWorkID)10655090(PQKB)11159243(StDuBDS)EDZ0000130940(OCoLC)793206730(MdBmJHUP)muse24551(OCoLC)793206730(OCoLC)817078627(OCoLC)961534580(OCoLC)962711816(OCoLC)966200213(OCoLC)988430906(OCoLC)988498554(OCoLC)991925400(OCoLC)1037935996(OCoLC)1038603187(OCoLC)1045518197(OCoLC)1055402193(OCoLC)1066561022(OCoLC)1081254123(OCoLC-P)793206730(MaCbMITP)9359(Au-PeEL)EBL3339438(CaPaEBR)ebr10558465(CaONFJC)MIL359415(MiAaPQ)EBC3339438(EXLCZ)99255000000010117520120507d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe environment philosophy, science, and ethics /edited by William P. Kabasenche, Michael O'Rourke, and Matthew H. SlaterCambridge, Mass. MIT Press©20121 online resource (316 p.)Topics in contemporary philosophyDescription based upon print version of record.0-262-01740-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Topics in Contemporary Philosophy; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 The Environment: How to Understand It and What to Do about It; 2 The Concept of the Environment in Evolutionary Theory; 3 What If Ecological Communities Are Not Wholes?; 4 The Environment, from a Behavioral Perspective; 5 Systems Theory and the New Ecophilosophy; 6 Situated Adaptationism; 7 Thinking Ecologically: The Legacy of Rachel Carson; 8 Climate, Consensus, and Contrarians; 9 Nature as the School of the Moral World: Kant on Taking an Interest in Natural Beauty; 10 Precaution Has Its Reasons11 Add to Cart? Environmental "Amenities" and Cost-Benefit Analysis12 Can We-and Should We-Make Reparation to "Nature"?; 13 Getting the Bad Out: Remediation Technologies and Respect for Others; 14 Emissions, Economics, and Equity: Problems with Nuclear Solutions to Climate Change; 15 On the Need for Front-Line Climate Ethics; Contributors; IndexPhilosophical reflections on the environment began with early philosophers' invocation of a cosmology that mixed natural and supernatural phenomena. Today, the central philosophical problem posed by the environment involves not what it can teach us about ourselves and our place in the cosmic order but rather how we can understand its workings in order to make better decisions about our own conduct regarding it. The resulting inquiry spans different areas of contemporary philosophy, many of which are represented by the fifteen original essays in this volume. The contributors first consider conceptual problems generated by rapid advances in biology and ecology, examining such topics as ecological communities, adaptation, and scientific consensus. The contributors then turn to epistemic and axiological issues, first considering philosophical aspects of environmental decision making and then assessing particular environmental policies (largely relating to climate change), including reparations, remediation, and nuclear power, from a normative perspective.Topics in contemporary philosophy.Philosophy of natureCongressesNatureCongressesEcologyPhilosophyCongressesPHILOSOPHY/GeneralENVIRONMENT/GeneralPhilosophy of natureNatureEcologyPhilosophy333.7Kabasenche William P.1972-1652956O'Rourke Michael1963-753798Slater Matthew H.1977-1652957Inland Northwest Philosophy ConferenceOCoLC-POCoLC-PBOOK9910808077503321The environment4003940UNINA