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Environmental philosophy

This introduction to the philosophy of the environment examines current debates on how we should think about the natural world and our place within it. The subject is examined from a determinedly analytic philosophical perspective, focusing on questions of value, but taking in attendant issues in epistemology and metaphysics as well. The book begins by considering the nature, extent and origin of the environmental problems with which we need to be concerned. Chapters go on to consider familiar strategies for dealing with environmental problems, and then consider what sort of things are of direct moral concern, examining in turn at animals, non-sentient life-forms, natural but non-living things and deep ecology. The final part of the book investigates notions of value, natural beauty and the place of human beings in the scheme of things.

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  • "As anxiety about environmental change and its effects grows, we need to understand both the scientific processes and the ethical and aesthetic judgments involved in deciding which changes we should welcome and promote and which we should try to avoid. In this book the author examines the current debates on the environment, focusing on questions of value while also taking into account relevant issues in epistemology and metaphysics. (Midwest)."
  • "This introduction to the philosophy of the environment examines current debates on how we should think about the natural world and our place within it. The subject is examined from a determinedly analytic philosophical perspective, focusing on questions of value, but taking in attendant issues in epistemology and metaphysics as well. The book begins by considering the nature, extent and origin of the environmental problems with which we need to be concerned. Chapters go on to consider familiar strategies for dealing with environmental problems, and then consider what sort of things are of direct moral concern, examining in turn at animals, non-sentient life-forms, natural but non-living things and deep ecology. The final part of the book investigates notions of value, natural beauty and the place of human beings in the scheme of things."@en
  • "This introduction to the philosophy of the environment examines current debates on how we should think about the natural world and our place within it. The subject is examined from a determinedly analytic philosophical perspective, focusing on questions of value, but taking in attendant issues in epistemology and metaphysics as well. The book begins by considering the nature, extent and origin of the environmental problems with which we need to be concerned. Chapters go on to consider familiar strategies for dealing with environmental problems, and then consider what sort of things are of dire."@en

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  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Livres électroniques"
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  • "Environmental philosophy : reason, nature, and human concern"
  • "Environmental philosophy"@en
  • "Environmental philosophy"
  • "Environmental Philosophy Reason, Nature and Human Concern"@en
  • "Filosofía del medio ambiente : razón, naturaleza y preocupaciones humanas"
  • "Filosofía del medio ambiente : razón, naturaleza y preocupaciones humanas"@es
  • "Environmental Philosophy"@en
  • "Environmental philosophy reason, nature, and human concern"@en
  • "Environmental philosophy : reason, nature and human concern"
  • "Environmental philosophy : reason, nature and human concern"@en
  • "Environmental philosophy reason, nature, and human concern"

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