Plant ethics : concepts and applications / edited by Angela Kallhoff, Marcello Di Paola and Maria Schörgenhumer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Di Paola, Marcello, editor.

Kallhoff, Angela, editor.

Schörgenhumer, Maria, editor.

Series:

Routledge environmental humanities.

Routledge environmental humanities

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plants, Useful.

Plants (Philosophy).

Gardens.

Human-plant relationships.

Landscapes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (251 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, 2018.

Summary:

Large parts of our world are filled with plants, and human life depends on, interacts with, affects and is affected by plant life in various ways. Yet plants have not received nearly as much attention from philosophers and ethicists as they deserve. In environmental philosophy, plants are often swiftly subsumed under the categories of "all living things" and rarely considered thematically. There is a need for developing a more sophisticated theoretical understanding of plants and their practical role in human experience.

Contents:

chapter Introduction / ANGELA KALLHOFF, MARCELLO DI PAOLA AND

part Part I Concepts and approaches - Setting the stage for plant ethics

chapter 1 The value of plants: On the axiologies of plants / GIANFRANCO PELLEGRINO

chapter 2 Utilitarian plant ethics / TATJANA VIŠAK

chapter 3 Is considering the interests of plants absurd? / RONALD SANDLER

chapter 4 The flourishing of plants: A neo-Aristotelian approach to plant ethics / ANGELA KALLHOFF

chapter 5 The dignity of plants. An overview of the discussion in German- speaking countries / SABINE ODPARLIK

chapter 6 Facing only outwards? Plant bodily morphogenesis and ethical conceptual genesis / KAREN HOULE

chapter 7 Plants as open beings: From aesthetics to plant-human ethics / SYLVIE POUTEAU

chapter 8 What do we mean by a relational ethics? Growing a relational approach to the moral standing of plants, robots and other non-humans / MARK COECKELBERGH

chapter 9 Caring for plants: Cultivating relational virtues MARIA SCHÖRGENHUMER

part Part II Appreciations and applications

chapter 10 Forest ethics / ROBIN ATTFIELD

chapter 11 On the relationships between agriculture and landscape / PAOLO D'ANGELO

chapter 12 Resonance with nature and its loss / ANGELIKA KREBS

chapter 13 Plant risks: Can risk assessment accommodate "cultural services"? / PAUL B. THOMPSON

chapter 14 Utopia in the garden: New utopian and dystopian thinking in current debates on nature, agriculture and food

chapter 15 "Growing Your Own" - Gardens, plants and the good life / DAVID E. COOPER

chapter 16 "Hey Plants, Take a Walk on the Wild Side!" The ethics of seeds and seed banks / NICOLE KARAFYLLIS

chapter 17 CRISPR/Cas in crop breeding: Why ethics still matter / FRAUKE PIRSCHER

chapter 18 "Digital" plants and the rise of responsible precision agriculture / BART GREMMEN

chapter 19 On robots and plants: The case of the plantoid, a robotic artefact inspired by plants / BARBARA MAZZOLAI.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-351-62942-5

1-351-62757-0

1-315-11439-9

9781315114392

OCLC:

1028622931