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x, 427 p. : 24 cm. |
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SUNY series in philosophy and biology. |
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ACLS Humanities E-Book.
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| Note |
Published by State University of New York Press. |
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Printed in the United States of America. |
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No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission* No part of this book may be stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means including electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission in writing of the publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
I Practicing Environmental Ethics -- II The Conceptual Foundations of the Land Ethic Revisited -- II Moral Monism Versus Moral Pluralism -- IV Nature's Intrinsic Value -- V Ecological Metaphysics in Agriculture, Medicine, and Technology -- VI Toward a New Philosophy of Conservation. |
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Introduction: Compass Points in Environmental Philosophy -- Environmental Philosophy Is Environmental Activism: The Most Radical and Effective Kind -- How Environmental Ethical Theory May Be Put into Practice -- Holistic Environment Ethics and the Problem of Ecofascism -- Just the Facts, Ma'am -- Can a Theory of Moral Sentiments Support a Genuinely Normative Environmental Ethic? -- Do Deconstructive Ecology and Sociobiology Undermine the Leopold Land Ethic? -- The Case against Moral Pluralism -- Moral Monism in Environmental Ethics Defended -- Genesis and John Muir -- Rolston on Intrinsic Value: A Deconstruction -- Intrinsic Value in Nature: A Metaethical Analysis -- The Metaphysical Transition in Farming: From the Newtonian-Mechanical to the Eltonian-Ecological -- Environmental Wellness -- After the Industrial Paradigm, What? -- Whither Conservation Ethics? -- Aldo Leopolds Concept of Ecosystem Health -- The Value of Ecosystem Health -- Ecological Sustainability as a Conservation Concept. |
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All rights reserved. |
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Marketing by Patrick Durocher. |
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Production by Bernadine Dawes. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2020. EPUB file. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) |
| Subject |
Environmental sciences -- Philosophy.
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Environmental ethics.
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Environmental History.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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| Added Author |
Shaner, David Edward, editor.
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American Council of Learned Societies.
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| In: |
ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: https://www.humanitiesebook.org/ |
| ISBN |
0791440834 paper |
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0791440842 paper |
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9780791440834 hardcover |
| Standard No. |
2027/heb33307 hdl |
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