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Canadian environmental philosophy / edited by C. Tyler DesRoches, Frank Jankunis, and Byron Williston.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmental policy--Canada.
- Environmental policy.
- Environmental sciences--Canada--Philosophy.
- Environmental sciences.
- Environmentalism--Canada.
- Environmentalism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (258 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- Canadian Environmental Philosophy is the first collection of essays to take up theoretical and practical issues in environmental philosophy today, from a Canadian perspective. The essays cover various subjects, including ecological nationalism, the legacy of Grey Owl, the meaning of “outside” to Canadians, the paradigm shift from mechanism to ecology in our understanding of nature, the meaning and significance of the Anthropocene, the challenges of biodiversity protection in Canada, the conservation status of crossbred species in the age of climate change, and the moral status of ecosystems. This wide range of topics is as diverse and challenging as the Canadian landscape itself. Given the extent of humanity's current impact on the biosphere – especially evident with anthropogenic climate change and the ongoing mass extinction – it has never been more urgent for us to confront these environmental challenges as Canadian citizens and citizens of the world. Canadian Environmental Philosophy galvanizes this conversation from the perspective of this place.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- Figures
- Introduction: Situating Environmental Philosophy in Canada
- Foundational Issues in Environmental Philosophy
- The End of Mechanism: The Machine Model of Nature, Technologies of Information, and the Ecological Turn
- On the Possibility of a Planetary Entitlement
- Can Autopoiesis Ground a Response to the Selectionist Critique of Ecocentrism?
- Sentience, Life, Richness
- Canadian Identity and the Environment
- Diverse Environments, Diverse People
- The Environmental Philosophy of Grey Owl
- Going Outside
- Anthropocene Themes
- Ecological Nationalism: Canadian Politics in the Anthropocene
- Virtue in the Anthropocene
- Wildlife Conservation in the Anthropocene
- Environmental Philosophy and Policy in Canada
- Water Rights and Moral Limits to Water Markets
- Geofunctions and Pluralism in Environmental Management
- Being Objective
- References
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780773557772
- 0773557776
- 9780773557765
- 0773557768
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