In Nature''s Interests? - Interests, Animal Rights, and Environmental Ethics

Zusatztext this is a gritty and challenging text: it marks out a distinctive philosophical position that merits serious attention by environmentalists and animal rights supporters alike. Klappentext Gary E. Varner presents a carefully argued response to what he characterizes as "two dogmas of environmentalism" - the assumptions that animal rights philosophies and anthropocentric views are each antithetical to sound environmental policy. He defends a "biocentric individualist" stance that gives priority to the lives of animals with conscious desires and to certain human interests and shows that such a view is able to support the goals on the environmentalist agenda. Zusammenfassung A criticism of the view that animal rights philosophies and anthropocentric ideals are antithetical to sound environmental policy in the ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS AND SCIENCE POLICY series. The author defends a biocentric individualist stance, claiming that this view can also support the goals on the environmentalist agenda.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Gary E. Varner, Gary E. (Assistant Professor of Philosophy Varner
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 22.10.1998
• EAN: 9780195108651
• ISBN: 978-0-19-510865-1
• Pagine: 166
• Serie: Environmental Ethics and Science Policy Series; Environmental Ethics and Science Policy Series; Oxford University Press
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Scienze naturali, tematiche generali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie