A leading theorist addresses a wide spectrum of topics central to the field of environmental philosophy.
CHOICE 1999 Outstanding Academic Title
A sequel to Callicott's pioneering work, In Defense of the Land Ethic, Beyond the Land Ethic engages a wide spectrum of topics central to the field, including the troubled relationship of environmental philosophy to current mainstream academic philosophy; the relationship of recent developments in evolutionary and ecological sciences to the Leopold land ethic long championed by the author; the perennial debates in environmental ethics about the ontological status of intrinsic value and the necessity of moral pluralism; the metaphysical implications of ecology and the New Physics as manifest in agriculture, medicine, and industrial technology; and the philosophical dimensions of conservation biology and "clinical ecology."
| ISBN: | 9780791440834 |
| Publication date: | 23rd April 1999 |
| Author: | J Baird Callicott |
| Publisher: | SUNY Press an imprint of State University of New York Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 427 pages |
| Series: | SUNY Series in Philosophy and Biology |
| Genres: |
Philosophy |
A leading theorist addresses a wide spectrum of topics central to the field of environmental philosophy.
CHOICE 1999 Outstanding Academic Title
A sequel to Callicott's pioneering work, In Defense of the Land Ethic, Beyond the Land Ethic engages a wide spectrum of topics central to the field, including the troubled relationship of environmental philosophy to current mainstream academic philosophy; the relationship of recent developments in evolutionary and ecological sciences to the Leopold land ethic long championed by the author; the perennial debates in environmental ethics about the ontological status of intrinsic value and the necessity of moral pluralism; the metaphysical implications of ecology and the New Physics as manifest in agriculture, medicine, and industrial technology; and the philosophical dimensions of conservation biology and "clinical ecology."
Beyond the Land Ethic features in the following genres: Philosophy
Beyond the Land Ethic is available in Hardback, Paperback
Beyond the Land Ethic was written by J Baird Callicott and published by SUNY Press an imprint of State University of New York Press
Beyond the Land Ethic has 427 pages
Yes it is part of SUNY Series in Philosophy and Biology series