Environmental philosophy : reason, nature, and human concern / Christopher Belshaw.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Belshaw, Christopher, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy of nature.

Environmental sciences--Philosophy.

Environmental sciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 322 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Durham : Acumen Publishing, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This introduction to the philosophy of the environment examines current debates on how we should think about the natural world and our place within it. The subject is examined from a determinedly analytic philosophical perspective, focusing on questions of value, but taking in attendant issues in epistemology and metaphysics as well. The book begins by considering the nature, extent and origin of the environmental problems with which we need to be concerned. Chapters go on to consider familiar strategies for dealing with environmental problems, and then consider what sort of things are of direct moral concern, examining in turn at animals, non-sentient life-forms, natural but non-living things and deep ecology. The final part of the book investigates notions of value, natural beauty and the place of human beings in the scheme of things.

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1 Problems; 2 Causes; 3 Solutions I: Voting and Pricing; 4 Solutions II: Moral Theory; 5 Animals; 6 Life; 7 Rivers, Species, Land; 8 Deep Ecology; 9 Value; 10 Beauty; 11 Human Beings; Afterword; Appendix A Deep Ecology: Central Texts; Appendix B The Axiarchical View; Appendix C Gaia; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-318) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-317-49003-7

1-317-49004-5

1-315-71080-3

1-282-92128-2

9786612921285

1-84465-326-9

9781315710808

OCLC:

898771442