Understanding environmental philosophy
by
 
Brennan, Andrew.

Title
Understanding environmental philosophy

Author
Brennan, Andrew.

ISBN
9781844652006
 
9781844652013

Personal Author
Brennan, Andrew.

Publication Information
Durham : Acumen, 2010.

Physical Description
vi, 234 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Series
Understanding movements in modern thought.

Contents
Introduction: the place of environmental philosophy and its basic concepts -- Future generations: what consideration do we owe them? -- Animals: are they as morally valuable as human beings? -- Living things: ethics for the non-human world -- Community: how big is our moral world? -- Natural things: the puzzle of what "natural" means, and whether humans belong to nature -- Foundations: can there be a secular basis for the ideas of human dignity and intrinsic value in nature? -- Origins: political, religious and cultural diagnoses of environmental problems -- Beyond individual responsibility: governance and the affluenzic society.

Subject Term
Environmental sciences -- Philosophy.

Added Author
Lo, Y. S.


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