Being and worth / Andrew Collier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Collier, Andrew, 1944-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Values.

Ethics.

Critical realism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (131 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Being and Worth Collier argues that beings both in the natural and human worlds have worth in themselves. He builds on recent work in critical realism to provide a reassessment of Spinoza's philosophy of mind and ethics and his conclusions are developed with particular reference to environmental ethics.

Contents:

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1 Are there values independent of humankind?; 2 Towards Spinozism; 3 Spinozism; 4 Beyond Spinozism; 5 Problems about the worth of being; 6 Away from anthropocentrism; 7 The worth of human beings; Supplementary essay; Notes; Bibliography; Name Index; Subject Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [121]-123) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-134-62240-6

1-134-62241-4

1-280-14396-7

0-203-98076-X

9780203980767

OCLC:

475946703