Environmental ethics - print on demand title

Zusatztext Environmental Ethics contains some first-rate articles! and I recommend it. Klappentext This latest addition to the acclaimed Oxford Readings in Philosophy series offers a selection of some of the best articles on ethics and the environment written in the last twenty years. Focusing on the philosophical issues underlying this key topic! the contributions cover duties to future people! resource conservation! species and wilderness preservation! the relevance of ecology to ethics! ecofeminism! and the tension between political liberalism and environmentalism. Including writings by Baird Callicot! Colleen D. Clements! Mary Midgley! John Passmore! Holmes Rolston III! Mark Sagoff! Elliott Sober! Mary B. Williams! Andrew Brennan! Freya Matthews! Val Plumwood! and Richard Routley! this accessible and timely book makes a perfect introduction to the main debates in this area. Zusammenfassung This volume features a selection of articles concerning ethics and the environment. It offers an introduction to the main debates in the area, and deals with such issues as the duty to future generations, resource conservation, species and wilderness preservation, and much more.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Robert Elliot, Robert (ed) Elliot
• Con la collaborazione di: Robert Elliot (Editore), Elliot Robert (Editore)
• Editore: Oxford University Press Trade
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 10.04.1996
• EAN: 9780198751441
• ISBN: 978-0-19-875144-1
• Dimensioni: 134 mm x 200 mm x 13 mm
• Serie: Oxford Readings in Philosophy; Oxford Readings in Philosophy
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, The environment, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Science / Environmental Science