Ecology, Ethics, and the Future of Humanity

Zusatztext "This text provides a thought-provoking and well-constructed conceptualisation of humanity! showing clear insight into some of the major challenges faced by the environmental movement! and offering an alternative way forward! mindful of those challenges. In these current times! with the ecological crisis showing no signs of abating! such thinking and reframing of humanity's place in the world offers a valuable and fresh perspective." (Susan Warren! Environmental Values! Vol. 26 (1)! February! 2017) Informationen zum Autor Adam Riggio earned his PhD in Philosophy at Canada's McMaster University, and has begun a career in environmental and human rights activism. His writings in philosophy, theatre, and fiction converge with his political work. Klappentext A book that combines moral and political philosophy with traditions of activism and literature in a background of scientific knowledge and interpretation to build a comprehensive picture of an ecological humanity. Zusammenfassung A book that combines moral and political philosophy with traditions of activism and literature in a background of scientific knowledge and interpretation to build a comprehensive picture of an ecological humanity. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Nature's Intrinsic Value: A Forgotten Philosophy of the Environment 2. Looming Ecofascisms in the Value of Nature 3. Two Paradoxes of Practical Philosophy 4. The Essence of an Ecological Philosophy 5. The Conditions of Selfhood 6. Discovering Active Nature in the Subject 7. Ecological Selfhood! Ecological Life

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"This text provides a thought-provoking and well-constructed conceptualisation of humanity, showing clear insight into some of the major challenges faced by the environmental movement, and offering an alternative way forward, mindful of those challenges. In these current times, with the ecological crisis showing no signs of abating, such thinking and reframing of humanity's place in the world offers a valuable and fresh perspective." (Susan Warren, Environmental Values, Vol. 26 (1), February, 2017)

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• Authors: Adam Riggio
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2015
• EAN: 9781137540751
• ISBN: 978-1-137-54075-1
• No. of pages: 247
• Series: Palgrave Studies in the Future of Humanity and its Successors; Palgrave Studies in the Future; Palgrave Studies in the Future of Humanity and its Successors; Palgrave Studies in the Future
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; B, Ethics, Climate Change, Environment, Philosophy of Science, Ecology, The environment, Social & political philosophy, Social Philosophy, Ecological science, the Biosphere, Environmental Sciences, Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics, Environment, general, Philosophy and science, Social sciences—Philosophy, Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection