| Description |
1 online resource (xxv, 463 pages) |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-455) and index. |
| Contents |
Pages:1 to 25; Pages:26 to 50; Pages:51 to 75; Pages:76 to 100; Pages:101 to 125; Pages:126 to 150; Pages:151 to 175; Pages:176 to 200; Pages:201 to 225; Pages:226 to 250; Pages:251 to 275; Pages:276 to 300; Pages:301 to 325; Pages:326 to 350; Pages:351 to 375; Pages:376 to 400; Pages:401 to 425; Pages:426 to 450; Pages:451 to 475; Pages:476 to 491 |
| Summary |
Environmental problems compel examination of three contrasting patterns of moral reasoning concerning the human relationship to nature: the currently implemented Progress Ethic, and the proposed alternatives of a Stewardship Ethic and Connection Ethic. But none of these deliver all they promise, whether in theory or practice or both, because all dubiously presume that moral reason is commensurate with nature, and that the value of natural entities is an intrinsic property. Matthew R. Foster argues that resolution of this crisis requires reaching beyond the limit of reason, and acknowledging va. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Environmental ethics.
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Environmental ethics. |
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PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Foster, Matthew Robert, 1951- The human relationship to nature. Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2016] 0739164953 (DLC) 2016951396 (OCoLC)953630633 |
| ISBN |
9780739164976 (electronic book) |
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073916497X (electronic book) |
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0739164953 |
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9781498564976 (ebook) |
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9780739164952 |
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