Environmental philosophy : : a revaluation of cosmopolitan ethics from an ecocentric standpoint / / Hugh P. McDonald.

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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Superior document:Value Inquiry Book Series ; Volume 273
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Place / Publishing House:Amsterdam, Netherlands : : Rodopi,, 2014.
©2014
Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
Series:Value inquiry book series ; Volume 273.
Physical Description:1 online resource (510 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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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.