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The ethics of species : an introduction / Ronald L. Sandler.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sandler, Ronald L., author.
- Series:
- Cambridge applied ethics.
- Cambridge applied ethics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmental ethics.
- Bioethics.
- Species.
- Biodiversity.
- Nature--Effect of human beings on--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Nature.
- Human-animal relationships--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Human-animal relationships.
- Conservation biology--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Conservation biology.
- Mass extinctions--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Mass extinctions.
- Genetic engineering--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Genetic engineering.
- Climatic changes--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Climatic changes.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 235 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- We are causing species to go extinct at extraordinary rates, altering existing species in unprecedented ways and creating entirely new species. More than ever before, we require an ethic of species to guide our interactions with them. In this book, Ronald L. Sandler examines the value of species and the ethical significance of species boundaries and discusses what these mean for species preservation in the light of global climate change, species engineering and human enhancement. He argues that species possess several varieties of value, but they are not sacred. It is sometimes permissible to alter species, let them go extinct (even when we are a cause of the extinction) and invent new ones. Philosophically rigorous, accessible and illustrated with examples drawn from contemporary science, this book will be of interest to students of philosophy, bioethics, environmental ethics and conservation biology.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The value of species
- The conservation biology dilemma
- Assisted colonization
- Shifting goals and changing strategies
- The (in)significance of species boundaries
- Homo sapiens in particular
- Artifactual species
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-316-08990-8
- 1-139-79414-0
- 1-139-15122-3
- 1-107-25456-6
- 1-139-77675-4
- 1-139-78278-9
- 1-139-77979-6
- 1-283-71599-6
- 1-139-77827-7
- OCLC:
- 816041348
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