Environmental ethics, ecological theology, and natural selection / Lisa H. Sideris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sideris, Lisa H.

Series:

Columbia series in science and religion

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental ethics.

Natural selection.

Human ecology--Religious aspects.

Human ecology.

Physical Description:

viii, 311 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2003]

Summary:

Lisa Sideris proposes a new way of thinking about the natural world, an environmental ethic that incorporates the ideas of natural selection and values the processes rather than the products of nature. Such an approach encourages us to take a minimally interventionist approach to nature. Only when the competitive realities of evolution are faced squarely, Sideris argues, can we generate practical environmental principles to deal with such issues as species extinction and the relationship between suffering and sentience.

Contents:

1. This View of Life: The Significance of Evolutionary Theory for Environmental Ethics 11

2. The Best of All Possible Worlds: Ecofeminist Views of Nature and Ethics 45

3. The Ecological Model and the Reanimation of Nature 91

4. Darwinian Equality for All: Secular Views of Animal Rights and Liberation 131

5. Philosophical and Theological Critiques of Ecological Theology: Broadening Environmental Ethics from Ecocentric and Theocentric Perspectives 167

6. A Comprehensive Naturalized Ethic 217

Conclusion: Finitude and Responsibility 263.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-306) and index.

ISBN:

0231126603

0231126611

OCLC:

51281041