Environmental Philosophy: From Animal Rights to Radical EcologyMichael E. Zimmerman, J. Baird Callicott This significant collection of outstanding recent essays, some specifically written for this volume, offers readers contemporary insights in the rapidly growing field of environmental philosophy. This anthology was the first to expand the scope of environmental philosophy beyond environmental ethics by including sections on deep ecology, ecofeminism, and social and political ecology. This anthology is also unique because each section is introduced and edited by a leading internationally-known expert in the field. Among the new and revised elements of Environmental Philosophy, 3/e, are:
Environmental Philosophy, 3/e, combines outstanding expert introductions and current scholarship which explore environmental issues from diverse perspectives, and continues to make a timely contribution to the ongoing dialogue on environmentalism. |
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... society , which is totally disjoined from all others , the rules which preserve peace and order , enlarge themselves to the utmost extent of that society .. But again suppose that several distinct societies maintain a kind of ...
... society identifies the real root of ecological destruction . Empirically , such thinking is simplistic ( and thus descriptively poor ) because it fails to give due consideration to the multitude of interacting factors at work in any ...
... society and land . One great strength of phenomena such as Mama Yosepha Alomang's car- ing sensibility , rooted in her practical relationship to her people , and the Amungme people's ecological spirituality , rooted in their practical ...
Contents
Traditionalist Conservatism | 6 |
PART ONE ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS | 7 |
All Animals Are Equal | 26 |
Copyright | |
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