Environmental Philosophy James Simon P.
Environmental Philosophy James Simon P. Climate change, habitat loss, rising extinction rates - such problems call for more than just new policies and practices. What, for instance, is the natural…
Specifikacia Environmental Philosophy James Simon P.
Environmental Philosophy James Simon P.
Climate change, habitat loss, rising extinction rates - such problems call for more than just new policies and practices. What, for instance, is the natural world? They raise fundamental questions about the world and our place in it.
Which parts of it are we morally obliged to protect?Drawing on an exceptionally wide range of sources, from virtue ethics to Buddhism, leading environmental philosopher Simon P. Do we humans belong to it? James sets out to answer these vitally important questions.The book begins with a discussion of animal minds, before moving on to explore our moral relations with non-human organisms, ecosystems and the earth as a whole.
James then considers environmental aesthetics, humanity's place in the natural world and the question of what it means to be wild. In the concluding chapter, he applies his findings to the topic of global climate change,
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