The ethics of environmental concern / Robin Attfield.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Attfield, Robin, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiii, 249 pages)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Athens, GA : University of Georgia Press, [1991]

Summary:

Examines traditional attitudes toward nature and the degree to which these attitudes enable people to cope with modern ecological problems. It looks particularly at the Judaeo-Christian heritage of belief in man's dominion, the tradition of stewardship and the more recent belief in progress.

Contents:

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Introduction to the First Edition

PART ONE: PROBLEMS AND TRADITIONS

1 Ecological Problems

2 Man's Dominion and the Judaeo-Christian Heritage

3 The Tradition of Stewardship

4 Nature and the Place of Man

5 Belief in Progress

PART TWO: APPLIED ETHICS

6 Future Generations

7 Multiplication and the Value of Life

8 The Moral Standing of Nonhumans

9 Inter-species Morality: Principles and Priorities

10 Problems and Principles: Is a New Ethic Required? A Review of Recent LiteratureReferences

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Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-8203-1344-0