Beyond the land ethic : more essays in environmental philosophy /
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| Language: | English |
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Albany, N.Y. :
State University of New York Press,
©1999.
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| Series: | SUNY series in philosophy and biology
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| Online Access: | http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=5616 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction: Compass Points in Environmental Philosophy
- I. Practicing Environmental Ethics. 2. Environmental Philosophy Is Environmental Activism: The Most Radical and Effective Kind. 3. How Environmental Ethical Theory May Be Put into Practice. 4. Holistic Environment Ethics and the Problem of Ecofascism
- II. The Conceptual Foundations of the Land Ethic Revisited. 5. Just the Facts, Ma'am. 6. Can a Theory of Moral Sentiments Support a Genuinely Normative Environmental Ethic? 7. Do Deconstructive Ecology and Sociobiology Undermine the Leopold Land Ethic?
- III. Moral Monism Versus Moral Pluralism. 8. The Case against Moral Pluralism. 9. Moral Monism in Environmental Ethics Defended
- IV. Nature's Intrinsic Value. 10. Genesis and John Muir. 11. Rolston on Intrinsic Value: A Deconstruction. 12. Intrinsic Value in Nature: A Metaethical Analysis
- V. Ecological Metaphysics in Agriculture, Medicine, and Technology. 13. The Metaphysical Transition in Farming: From the Newtonian-Mechanical to the Eltonian-Ecological. 14. Environmental Wellness. 15. After the Industrial Paradigm, What?
- VI. Toward a New Philosophy of Conservation. 16. Whither Conservation Ethics? 17. Aldo Leopold's Concept of Ecosystem Health. 18. The Value of Ecosystem Health. 19. Ecological Sustainability as a Conservation Concept.