African Environmental Ethics : A Critical Reader / / edited by Munamato Chemhuru |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham Switzerland, : , : Springer, , 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (321 pages) |
Disciplina |
363.70096
179.1 |
Collana | The International Library of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Ethics |
Soggetto topico |
Philosophy, African
Environmental ethics - Africa Environmental responsibility - Africa International environmental law |
ISBN |
9783030188078
3-030-18807-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Introducing African Environmental Ethics Moral Status and the African Environment -- 2. An African Theory of Moral Status: A Relational Alternative to Individualis m and Holism -- 3. The Moral Status of Nature: An African Understanding -- 4. Environmental Ethics in the Context of African Traditional Thought: Beyond the Impasse -- l 5. The Criticism of Secular Humanism in African Philosophy Ubuntu and the Environment -- 6. Ubuntu Environmental Ethics: Conceptions and Misconceptions -- 7. Ubuntu and Environmental Ethics: The West Can Learn from Africa When Faced with Climate Change -- 8. African Environmental Ethics as Southern Environmental Ethics African Ecocentric Environmental Ethics -- 9. A (South) African Land Ethic? The Viability of an Ecocentric Approach to Environmental Ethics and Philosophy -- 10 .African Environmental Ethics: Lessons from the Rain-Maker’s Moral and Cosmological Perspectives -- 11. New Waves: African Environmental Ethics and Ocean Ecosystems Environmental Justice in African Philosophy -- 12. Environmental Justice: Towards an African Perspective -- 13. The African Emphasis on Harmonious Relations: Implications for Environmental Ethics and Justice -- 14. Expanding Nussbaum’s Eighth Capability Using African Environmental Ethics Questions of Animal Rights in African Philosophy -- 15. Moral Status of Non-human Animals from an African Perspective: In Defense of Moderate Anthropocentric Thinking -- 16. Animal Rights and Environmental Ethics in Africa: From Anthropocentrism to Non-speciesism? -- 17. Decolonizing Human-Animal Relations in an African Context: The Story of the Mourning Elephants Issues of Environmental Pollution in Africa -- 18. Ethical Issues in Environmental Pollution: Multinational Corporations (MNCs) and Oil Industries in Tropical Regions—The Nigerian Niger-Delta Case -- 19. Niger Delta Environmental Crises and the Limitations of Africanizing Aldo Leopold’s Land Ethic: Towards an Earth-Eco-Socialist Model -- 20. “Cleanliness Is Next to Godliness”: A Theological Reflection on the Solid Waste Problem in Ghana. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910337691603321 |
Cham Switzerland, : , : Springer, , 2019 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Because of our future : the imperative for an environmental ethic for Africa / / Kolawole A. Owolabi |
Autore | Owolabi Kolawole A |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ibadan, : IFRA-Nigeria, 2021 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (iii-44 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.7/0096 |
Collana | Transnational Africa |
Soggetto topico |
Environmental ethics - Africa
Environmental management - Africa Pollution - Nigeria |
Soggetto non controllato |
environmental crisis
environmental ethics environmental management pollution |
ISBN | 979-1-0923-1266-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti |
Because of our future
Because of our future |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910520196703321 |
Owolabi Kolawole A | ||
Ibadan, : IFRA-Nigeria, 2021 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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