Environmental philosophy : a revaluation of cosmopolitan ethics from an ecocentric standpoint /

Environmental philosophy : a revaluation of cosmopolitan ethics from an ecocentric standpoint /

Environmental Philosophy: A Revaluation of Cosmopolitan Ethics from an Ecocentric Standpoint calls for a new approach to ethics. Starting from the necessity for all life of air, water, and food, the book revalues the relation of ethics and environmentalism. Using insights of the environmental ethici...

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Main Author: McDonald, H. P.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Amsterdam : Rodopi B.V., 2014.

Series: Value Inquiry Book Series 273.
Rodopi Religion, Theology and Philosophy Special E-Book Collection, 2007-2014, ISBN: 9789004357938.

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Environmental ethics.

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Call Number: GE42 .M384 2014

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • INTRODUCTION
  • TOWARD A DEONTOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS
  • RETHINKING COSMOPOLITAN ETHICS
  • COSMOPOLITAN VIRTUE: A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF A GENERATION
  • THE PROBLEM OF "RIGHTS" IN THE WILD
  • VALUE AND OBLIGATION
  • RATIONAL SELF-INTEREST, AN OXYMORON
  • POPULATION: A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF THE "RIGHT" TO UNLIMITED PROCREATION
  • IN DEFENSE OF SPECIES
  • THE VIRTUES OF THRIFT
  • THE CULTURE OF DEATH
  • PRACTICAL PROGRAM FOR IMPLEMENTING THE ENVIRONMENTAL ERA
  • ENVIRONMENTAL PHILOSOPHY AS A SYSTEM: FROM ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS TO ENVIRONMENTAL PHILOSOPHY
  • RARE, THREATENED AND ENDANGERED: REFLECTIONS UPON THE CATEGORIES OF BOTANICAL SCARCITY
  • NOTES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  • Index
  • VIBS.