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In nature's interests? : interests, animal rights, and environmental ethics / Gary E. Varner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Varner, Gary E. (Gary Edward), 1957-
- Series:
- Environmental ethics and science policy.
- Environmental ethics and science policy series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmental ethics.
- Animal rights.
- Environmentalists--Attitudes.
- Environmentalists.
- Philosophy of nature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (168 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Varner defends a 'biocentric individualist' stance that prioritises the lives of animals with conscious desires and to certain human interests. The text shows that such a view is able to support the goals on the environmentalist agenda.
- This book offers a powerful response to what Varner calls the "two dogmas of environmental ethics"--the assumptions that animal rights philosophies and anthropocentric views are each antithetical to sound environmental policy. Allowing that every living organism has interests which ought, other things being equal, to be protected, Varner contends that some interests take priority over others. He defends both a sentientist principle giving priority to the lives of organisms with conscious desires and an anthropocentric principle giving priority to certain very inclusive interests which only humans have. He then shows that these principles not only comport with but provide significant support for environmental goals.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- INTRODUCTION: Interests, Holism, and Environmental Ethics
- ONE: A Critique of Environmental Holism
- TWO: Localizing Desire
- THREE: Biological Interests: Questioning the Mental State Theory of Welfare
- FOUR: The Principle of Inclusiveness: Establishing Priorities among Interests
- FIVE: Can Animal Rights Activists Be Environmentalists?
- SIX: Justifying the Environmentalist Agenda
- CONCLUSION: Two Dogmas of Environmental Ethics
- References
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W.
- Notes:
- Originally published: 1998.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-150) and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-38405-8
- 9786612384059
- 0-19-534852-4
- 1-4237-6310-6
- OCLC:
- 1047529048
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