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RECORD NUMBER: 17 OF 67| Main Title | Environmental ethics : duties to and values in the natural world / | ||||||||||||||||
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| Author | Rolston, Holmes, | ||||||||||||||||
| Publisher | Temple University Press, | ||||||||||||||||
| Year Published | 1988 | ||||||||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 15427184 | ||||||||||||||||
| ISBN | 087722501X; 9780877225010; 0877226288; 9780877226284 | ||||||||||||||||
| Subjects | Environmental ethics ; Milieuethiek ; âEthique de l'environnement ; Morale ; Environnement--Protection ; Human ecology--Moral and ethical aspects | ||||||||||||||||
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| Collation | xiii, 391 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. | ||||||||||||||||
| Notes | Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-374) and index. |
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| Contents Notes | Humans valuing the natural environment -- Higher animals : duties to sentient life -- Organisms : duties to organic life -- Life in jeopardy : duties to endangered species -- Life in community : duties to ecosystems -- The concept of natural value : a theory for environmental ethics -- Environmental policy : an ethic of the commons -- Environmental business : an ethic for commerce -- Down to earth : persons in natural history. Presents an account of values carried by the natural world, coupled with an inquiry into duties toward animals, plants, species, and ecosystems. This work illustrates the philosophy of nature with numerous actual examples of ethical decisions made in encounters with fauna and flora, endangered species, and threatened ecosystems. -- Amazon. |