LEADER 03348nam 22005894a 450 001 9910813328403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-253-10924-8 035 $a(CKB)111056485406256 035 $a(OCoLC)61524401 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10083746 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000246562 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11227049 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000246562 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10188660 035 $a(PQKB)10900954 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3014839 035 $a(OCoLC)51074550 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse16875 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3014839 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10083746 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056485406256 100 $a20010516d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdacontent 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aSkeptical environmentalism $ethe limits of philosophy and science /$fRobert Kirkman 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aBloomington $cIndiana University Press$dc2002 215 $a1 online resource (x, 211 pages) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-253-34037-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [193]-201) and index. 327 $aIntro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1: Knowledge -- One: The Nature of Nature -- Two: Organism and Mechanism -- Part 2: Obligation -- Three: A Place on Earth -- Four: The Moral Compass -- Part 3: Hope -- Five: Environmentalism without Illusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. 330 $aIn Skeptical environmentalism, Robert Kirkman raises doubts about the speculative tendencies elaborated in environmental ethics, deep ecology, social ecology, postmodern ecology, ecofeminism, and environmental pragmatism. Drawing on skeptical principles introduced by David Hume, Kirkman takes issue with key tenets of speculative environmentalism, namely that the natural world is fundamentally relational, that humans have a moral obligation to protect the order of nature, and that understanding the relationship between nature and humankind holds the key to solving the environmental crisis. Engaging the work of Kant, Hegel, Descartes, Rousseau, and Heidegger, among others, Kirkman reveals the relational worldview as an unreliable basis for knowledge and truth claims, and as harmful to the intellectual sources from which it takes inspiration. Exploring such themes as the way knowledge about nature is formulated, what characterizes an ecological worldview, how environmental worldviews become established, and how we find our place in nature, Skeptical environmentalism advocates a shift away from the philosopher's privileged position as truth seeker toward a more practical thinking that balances conflicts between values and worldviews. 606 $aEnvironmentalism$xPhilosophy 606 $aEnvironmental ethics 606 $aEnvironmental responsibility 615 0$aEnvironmentalism$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aEnvironmental ethics. 615 0$aEnvironmental responsibility. 676 $a304.2/01 700 $aKirkman$b Robert$f1968-$01629882 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813328403321 996 $aSkeptical environmentalism$93967887 997 $aUNINA