Understanding Environmental Philosophy

Informationen zum Autor Andrew Brennan, Y.S. Lo Zusammenfassung "An excellent and accessible introduction to the field of environmental ethics that demonstrates its importance for environmental policy, written by two leading figures in the field." Eric Katz, New Jersey Institute of Technology Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Introduction: the place of environmental philosophy and its basic concepts; Chapter 2 Future generations: what consideration do we owe them?; Chapter 3 Animals: are they as morally valuable as human beings?; Chapter 4 Living things: ethics for the non-human world; Chapter 5 Community: how big is our moral world?; Chapter 6 Natural things: the puzzle of what “natural” means, and whether humans belong to nature; Chapter 7 Foundations: can there be a secular basis for the ideas of human dignity and intrinsic value in nature?; Chapter 8 Origins: political, religious and cultural diagnoses of environmental problems; Chapter 9 Beyond individual responsibility: governance and the affluenzic society; Questions for discussion and revision; Chapter fut Further reading;

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Brennan, Andrew Lo Brennan, Brennan Andrew, Y.S. Lo
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.08.2010
• EAN: 9781844652006
• ISBN: 978-1-84465-200-6
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; PHILOSOPHY / General, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy