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The philosophy of the environment / / edited by T.D.J. Chappell



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Autore: Chappell Sophie Grace Visualizza persona
Titolo: The philosophy of the environment / / edited by T.D.J. Chappell Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2009
©1997
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (194 pages)
Disciplina: 179.1
Soggetto topico: Environmental ethics
Ecology - Philosophy
Persona (resp. second.): ChappellT. D. J (Timothy D. J.)
Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INTRODUCTION: RESPECTING NATURE ENVIRONMENTAL THINKING IN THE LIGHT OF PHILOSOPHICAL THEORY -- 1 PLATONISM AND THE GODS OF PLACE -- 2 NATURE FOR REAL: IS NATURE A SOCIAL CONSTRUCT? -- 3 TRIVIAL AND SERIOUS IN AESTHETIC APPRECIATION OF NATURE -- 4 ‘ADMIRING THE HIGH MOUNTAINS’: THE AESTHETICS OF ENVIRONMENT -- 5 SUSTAINABILITY AND MORAL PLURALISM -- 6 HOW TO BASE ETHICS ON BIOLOGY -- 7 RESPECT FOR THE NON-HUMAN -- 8 CONSERVATION AND ANIMAL WELFARE -- 9 WHALING IN SAND COUNTY: THE MORALITY OF NORWEGIAN MINKE WHALE CATCHING -- 10 ZOOS REVISITED -- INDEX OF NAMES
Sommario/riassunto: Environmental concerns and the complex issues and dilemmas raised by animal rights pose fundamental questions for philosophers. The essays in this welcome collection put environmental thinking into the broader context of philosophical thought. Distinguished contributions from key thinkers, including Mary Midgley, Stephen Clark, J.Baird Callicott, Holmes Rolston, Dale Jamieson and John Haldane, focus on our attitudes to animals and the environment as critically determined by deeper philosophical concerns. Timothy Chappell's useful introduction provides a guide to the issues and dilemmas and links the diverse arguments and themes. Examining whaling, animal captivity, and specicism amongst other topics, this book adds substantially to the contemporary debate in environmental philosophy.
Titolo autorizzato: The philosophy of the environment  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4744-0037-X
0-585-10503-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910813350103321
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