Autore	Jamieson Dale
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2008
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (221 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
Disciplina	179/.1
Collana	Cambridge applied ethics
Soggetto topico	Environmental ethics
ISBN	1-107-17842-8 9786612390005 1-282-39000-7 0-511-64543-0 0-511-80618-3 0-511-64952-5 0-511-37609-X 0-511-57317-0 0-511-37703-7
Classificazione	43.02
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; 1 The environment as an ethical question; 2 Human morality; 3 Meta-ethics; 4 Normative ethics; 5 Humans and other animals; 6 The value of nature; 7 Nature's future; References; Index
Altri titoli varianti	Ethics & the Environment
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910821107803321

Autore	Garvey James <1967->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	London, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Continuum, , 2008
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (187 p.)
Disciplina	179/.1
Collana	Think Now
Soggetto topico	Climatic changes - Moral and ethical aspects Environmental responsibility
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-283-12300-2 9786613123008 1-4411-7546-6
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1: A Warmer World; Chapter 2: Right and Wrong; Chapter 3: Responsibility; Chapter 4: Doing Nothing; Chapter 5: Doing Something; Chapter 6: Individual Choices; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910460967103321

Autore	Attfield Robin
Edizione	[2nd ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	University of Georgia Press, 1991
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (276 p.)
Disciplina	179/.1
Soggetto topico	Environmental ethics
Soggetto non controllato	Conservation of the environment
ISBN	0-8203-4025-1
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Introduction to the First Edition -- PART ONE: PROBLEMS AND TRADITIONS -- 1 Ecological Problems -- 2 Man's Dominion and the Judaeo-Christian Heritage -- 3 The Tradition of Stewardship -- 4 Nature and the Place of Man -- 5 Belief in Progress -- PART TWO: APPLIED ETHICS -- 6 Future Generations -- 7 Multiplication and the Value of Life -- 8 The Moral Standing of Nonhumans -- 9 Inter-species Morality: Principles and Priorities -- 10 Problems and Principles: Is a New Ethic Required? -- A Review of Recent Literature -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910637766003321

Autore	Krebs Angelika <1961->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Berlin ; ; New York : , : W. de Gruyter, , 1999
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (180 p.)
Disciplina	179/.1
Collana	Perspectives in analytical philosophy =Perspektiven der analytischen Philosophie
Soggetto topico	Environmental ethics Philosophy of nature
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	3-11-080283-X
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Guest Foreword / Bernard Williams -- Synopsis of Argument -- Why an Ethics of Nature? -- The Philosophical Discipline of the Ethics of Nature -- The Objective of This Study -- Basic Concepts -- Nature -- A Definition of "Nature" for Environmental Ethics -- Oikos, Cosmos, and the Human Body -- Conservation versus Cultivation of Nature -- Ethics -- The Object of Ethics and the Distinction between Intrinsic and Instrumental Value -- Good Human Life and Right Human Life -- Good Human Life -- The Core -- Basic Options -- Luxury -- The Well-Being and the Agency Aspect of Good Human Life -- The Hedonistic Challenge -- Three Forms of Pleasure -- An Answer to the Hedonistic Challenge -- The Objection to Paternalism -- Moral Concern and Self-Interest -- The Hermeneutics and the Justification of Moral Culture -- Anthropocentrism versus Physiocentrism -- The Boundaries of the Moral Universe - "Extensional Anthropocentrism" versus "Extensional Physiocentrism" -- The Absolute Strategy in the Ethics of Nature - "Epistemic Anthropocentrism" versus "Epistemic Physiocentrism" -- Seven Anthropocentric Arguments for the Value of Nature -- The Basic Needs Argument -- Classical Thoughts -- The Argument -- Lost Peace with Nature? The Need for Environmental History -- Some Reasons Why the Basic Needs Argument Is Not as Effective as You Might Expect -- Two Versions of the Basic Needs Argument which Incorporate Intrinsic Value Claims for Nature -- "Nature Knows Best" -- The Motivational Version -- The Aisthesis Argument -- Literary Thoughts -- The Argument.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910453523303321

Autore	Sandler Ronald L.
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (xii, 235 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
Disciplina	179/.1
Collana	Cambridge applied ethics
Soggetto topico	Environmental ethics Bioethics Species Biodiversity Nature - Effect of human beings on - Moral and ethical aspects Human-animal relationships - Moral and ethical aspects Conservation biology - Moral and ethical aspects Mass extinctions - Moral and ethical aspects Genetic engineering - Moral and ethical aspects Climatic changes - Moral and ethical aspects
ISBN	1-316-08990-8 1-139-79414-0 1-139-15122-3 1-107-25456-6 1-139-77675-4 1-139-78278-9 1-139-77979-6 1-283-71599-6 1-139-77827-7
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Introduction -- The value of species -- The conservation biology dilemma -- Assisted colonization -- Shifting goals and changing strategies -- The (in)significance of species boundaries -- Homo sapiens in particular -- Artifactual species -- Conclusion.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910452997103321