| Description |
xvi, 374 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-359) and index. |
| Contents |
A Sand county almanac -- The land ethic: a critical account of its philosophical and evolutionary foundations -- The land ethic (an ought): a critical account of its ecological foundations (an is) -- The land ethic and the science of ethics: from the seventeenth through the twentieth centuries -- The land ethic and the science of ethics: in the light of evolutionary moral psychology -- The Earth ethic: a critical account of its philosophical foundations -- The Earth ethic: a critical account of its scientific metaphysical foundations -- The Earth ethic: a critical account of its biocentric deontological foundations -- The Earth ethic: a critical account of its anthropocentric foundations-the natural contract and environmental virtue ethics -- The Earth ethic: a critical account of its anthropocentric foundations-the limits of rational individualism -- The Earth ethic: a critical account of its anthropocentric foundations-responsibility to future generations and for global human civilization -- Appendix: "Some fundamentals of conservation in the Southwest" / by Aldo Leopold. |
| Summary |
Bringing together ecology, evolutionary moral psychology, and environmental ethics, J. Baird Callicott counters the narrative of blame and despair that prevails in contemporary discussions of climate ethics and offers a fresh, more optimistic approach. |
| Subject |
Environmental ethics.
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Environmental ethics. |
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Climatic changes -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Climatic changes -- Moral and ethical aspects. |
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Climatic changes. |
| ISBN |
0199324891 (paperback) (alkaline paper) |
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0199324883 (hardcover) (alkaline paper) |
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0199324905 (electronic book) |
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9780199324897 (paperback) (alkaline paper) |
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9780199324880 (hardcover) (alkaline paper) |
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9780199324903 (electronic book) |
| Standard No. |
10796828 |
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