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Being Human - Ethics, Environment, and Our Place in the World

English · Paperback / Softback

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Being Human examines the complex connections among conceptions of human nature, attitudes toward non-human nature, and ethics. Anna Peterson proposes an "ethical anthropology" that examines how ideas of nature and humanity are bound together in ways that shape the very foundations of cultures. Peterson discusses mainstream Western understandings of what it means to be human, as well as alternatives to these perspectives, and suggests that the construction of a compelling, coherent environmental ethics will revise our ideas not only about nature but also about what it means to be human.

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Examining the complex connections among conceptions of human nature, attitudes toward non-human nature, and ethics, this text proposes an "ethical anthropology" that analyzes how ideas of nature and humanity are bound together in ways that shape the very foundation of cultures.

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Authors Anna L. Peterson, Anna Lisa Peterson
Publisher University Of California Press
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 26.05.2001
 
EAN 9780520226555
ISBN 978-0-520-22655-5
No. of pages 298
Dimensions 150 mm x 230 mm x 10 mm
Subjects Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs
Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries

PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Anthropology, Society & culture: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Ethics and moral philosophy

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