Environmental philosophy : an introduction / / Simon P. James

• Autore: James Simon P.
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, England ; ; Malden, Massachusetts : , : Polity, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (240 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.701
• Soggetto topico: Environmental sciences - Philosophy; Environmental ethics
• Classificazione: PHI009000
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Title page""; ""Copyright page""; ""Dedication""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Introduction: What is Environmental Philosophy?""; ""Nature""; ""Theory and practice""; ""Outline of chapters""; ""Notes""; ""Further reading""; ""1: Animal Suffering, and Why it Matters""; ""Eating without pleasure, crying without pain""; ""Singer's utilitarian case for animal liberation""; ""Vegetarianism""; ""Summary""; ""Notes""; ""Further reading""; ""2: Beyond Animal Liberation""; ""Racism, sexism â€? speciesism?""; ""The moral significance of killing""; ""Regan's case for animal rights"" ; ""Flourishing""""Duties to wild animals""; ""Summary""; ""Notes""; ""Further reading""; ""3: Biocentrism and Ecocentrism""; ""Life""; ""Ecosystems""; ""Biological species""; ""Summary""; ""Notes""; ""Further reading""; ""4: Questions of Value""; ""Ecosystem services and the value of places""; ""Objectivity and subjectivity""; ""Summary""; ""Notes""; ""Further reading""; ""5: How Should One Live?""; ""Environmental virtue ethics""; ""Buddhism and compassion""; ""Humility""; ""Attention""; ""Summary""; ""Notes""; ""Further reading""; ""6: The Aesthetics of Nature"" ; ""Disinterestedness and engagement""""Form, knowledge and the beauty of clouds""; ""Aesthetics and morality""; ""Summary""; ""Notes""; ""Further reading""; ""7: Nature, Wild and Restored""; ""Nature, revisited""; ""A very short history of the received wilderness idea""; ""Sceptical responses""; ""Wildness""; ""Environmental restoration""; ""Summary""; ""Notes""; ""Further reading""; ""8: Climate Change""; ""Climate change as a moral issue""; ""Responses""; ""â€?My emissions make no differenceâ€?""; ""Population""; ""Obligations to future generations""; ""Climate change and the natural world"" ; ""Summary""""Notes""; ""Further reading""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""End User License Agreement""
• Sommario/riassunto: Climate change, habitat loss, rising extinction rates - such problems call for more than just new policies and practices. They raise fundamental questions about the world and our place in it. What, for instance, is the natural world? Do we humans belong to it? Which parts of it are we morally obliged to protect? Drawing on an exceptionally wide range of sources, from virtue ethics to Buddhism, leading environmental philosopher Simon P. James sets out to answer these vitally important questions. The book begins with a discussion of animal minds, before moving on to explore our moral relati
• Titolo autorizzato: Environmental philosophy
• ISBN: 0-7456-9139-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910157429403321
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