Andrew Brennan, Y S Lo

Understanding Environmental Philosophy

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"An excellent and accessible introduction to the field of environmental ethics that demonstrates its importance for environmental policy, written by two leading figures in the field." Eric Katz, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. August 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 137mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 318g
• ISBN-13: 9781844652013
• ISBN-10: 1844652017
• Artikelnr.: 29986989

Autorenporträt

Andrew Brennan, Y.S. Lo

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 Introduction: the place of environmental philosophy and its basic concepts
Chapter 2 Future generations: what consideration do we owe them?
Chapter 3 Animals: are they as morally valuable as human beings?
Chapter 4 Living things: ethics for the non-human world
Chapter 5 Community: how big is our moral world?
Chapter 6 Natural things: the puzzle of what "natural" means, and whether humans belong to nature
Chapter 7 Foundations: can there be a secular basis for the ideas of human dignity and intrinsic value in nature?
Chapter 8 Origins: political, religious and cultural diagnoses of environmental problems
Chapter 9 Beyond individual responsibility: governance and the affluenzic society
Questions for discussion and revision
Chapter fut Further reading