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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Übergeordnet:Value Inquiry Book Series ; Volume 273
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Ort / Verlag:Amsterdam, Netherlands : : Rodopi,, 2014.
©2014
Erscheinungsjahr:2014
Sprache:Englisch
Serie:Value inquiry book series ; Volume 273.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (510 p.)
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • 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.