The ideal of nature : debates about biotechnology and the environment / edited by Gregory E. Kaebnick.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kaebnick, Gregory E., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bioethics.

Biotechnology--Moral and ethical aspects.

Biotechnology.

Nature--Effect of human beings on.

Nature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (231 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Scholars of bioethics, environmental philosophy, religious studies, sociology, public policy, and political theory will find much merit in this book's lively discussion.

Contents:

Disposing nature or disposing of it? : reflections on the instruction of nature / Kate Soper

In defense of living nature : finding common ground in a medieval tradition / Jean Porter

Nature as absence : the logic of nature and culture in social contract theory / Bruce Jennings

Human nature without theory / Gregory E. Kaebnick

Preserving the distinction between nature and artifact / Eric Katz

Why "nature" has no place in environmental philosophy / Steven Vogel

The appeal to nature / Bonnie Steinbock

Thinking like a mountain : nature, wilderness, and the virtue of humility / Paul Lauritzen

He did it on hot dogs and beer : natural excellence in human athletic achievement / David Wasserman

Sport, simulation, and EPO / Nicholas Agar

Common-sense morality and the idea of nature : what we can learn from thinking about therapy / William A. Galston

Rawls, sports, and liberal legitimacy / Thomas H. Murray and Peter Murray.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-4214-0070-7

OCLC:

794700418