Environmental Ethics
Divergence and Convergence
Published on 1. January 1993
Book
Paperback/Softback
512 pages
978-0-07-002608-7 (ISBN)
Description
This collection of essays and articles surveys multidisciplinary approaches to environmental ethics by leading writers, and provides an historical survey of thought on our responsibility to the environment. It includes non-Western as well as Western religious and cultural perspectives. Readers are encouraged to develop their own environmental ethic by the presentation of a number of differing but viable theories in the readings.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Epilogue, annotated bibliographies
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Weight
8500 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-002608-7 (9780070026087)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
New editions
Book
08/1997
2nd Edition
McGraw Hill Higher Education
€71.79
Article is exhausted; no reprint
Content
Part 1 The multi-disciplinary context of environmental ethics; the role of science; the role of moral philosophy; the aesthetic valuation of nature; historical context; economic, political, and legal issues. Part 2 Perspectives on human responsibility for the environment; anthropocentrism; individualism; ecocentrism; the challenge of ecofeminism; Judeo-Christian perspectives; multicultural perspectives.