LEADER 03588nam 2200661 450 001 9910786837103321 005 20230803202332.0 010 $a94-012-1076-4 024 7 $a10.1163/9789401210768 035 $a(CKB)3710000000109185 035 $a(EBL)1686960 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001360724 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11714991 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001360724 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11320198 035 $a(PQKB)10409546 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1686960 035 $a(OCoLC)884538191$z(OCoLC)879551331 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789401210768 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1686960 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10869724 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL811833 035 $a(OCoLC)879551331 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000109185 100 $a20140524h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEnvironmental philosophy $ea revaluation of cosmopolitan ethics from an ecocentric standpoint /$fHugh P. McDonald 210 1$aAmsterdam, Netherlands :$cRodopi,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (510 p.) 225 1 $aValue Inquiry Book Series ;$vVolume 273 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a90-420-3831-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreliminary 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. 330 $aEnvironmental Philosophy: A Revaluation of Cosmopolitan Ethics from an Ecocentric Standpoint calls for a new approach to ethics. Starting from the necessity for all life of air, water, and food, the book revalues the relation of ethics and environmentalism. Using insights of the environmental ethicists, environmental ethics becomes the model for ethics as a whole. Humans are part of a larger environment. Cosmopolitanism should be revised in accord with environmental ethics. The book applies a new theory of values to the relation of value and obligation, and of duty, rights and virtue, to accord with ecocentrism. The book also critically evaluates Utilitarianism and the self interest theory. Other chapters address population, species preservation and a practical program for environmental policy. 410 0$aValue inquiry book series ;$vVolume 273. 606 $aEnvironmental sciences$xPhilosophy 606 $aEnvironmental ethics 606 $aEnvironmental sciences 606 $aEnvironmentalism 615 0$aEnvironmental sciences$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aEnvironmental ethics. 615 0$aEnvironmental sciences. 615 0$aEnvironmentalism. 676 $a179.1 700 $aMcDonald$b H. P$g(Hugh P.),$0855170 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786837103321 996 $aEnvironmental philosophy$93682207 997 $aUNINA