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Chargement... Environmental ethics : duties to and values in the natural world (1988)par Holmes Rolston, III
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"Environmental Ethics" is a systematic account of values carried by the natural world, coupled with an inquiry into duties toward animals, plants, species, and ecosystems. A comprehensive philosophy of nature is illustrated by and integrated with numerous actual examples of ethical decisions made in encounters with fauna and flora, endangered species, and threatened ecosystems. The ethics developed is informed throughout by ecological science and evolutionary biology, with attention to the logic of moving from what is in nature to what ought to be. The ethical theory is applied in detail to social, public, and business policy. Written in an engaging style, using diagrams and figures as well as numerous case studies, "Environmental Ethics" prods the reader into concrete application and invites reader participation in the ethical discussions. The ethics concludes by exploring the historical experiences of personal residence in a surrounding environment. Here is an adventure into what it means to live as responsible human beings in the community of life on Earth. In the series "Ethics and Action," edited by Tom Regan. " Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)179.1Philosophy and Psychology Ethics Other Ethical Topics Respect for life and natureClassification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
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The first five chapters are marvelous, and Rolston gives logic to the feelings that many people have about why we should and do care about (seemingly) abstract concepts like species. The sixth chapter is about value theory, and is filled with diagrams. In 2004 I wrote, "I find this chapter incomprehensible." Still incomprehensible in 2011. The 7th chapter about environmental policy and the 8th chapter about business are perhaps worth reading once, but aren't the best sections of the book. The business chapter in particular hasn't aged well. How many of us are employees of companies that are actively using natural resources any more? It seems easier to identify ethical concerns with working for a company that has toxic waste to dispose of, and harder to judge abnormal energy usage of a server farm. The last chapter is an exploration of what ethics means, practically, and has some interesting things to say about the human capacity for story-telling, and how much richer our stories become when merged with natural history. ( )