Collected essays present Weston's pragmatic environmental philosophy, calling for reconstruction and imagination rather than deconstruction and analysis.
This collection of germinal work in the field by Anthony Weston presents his pragmatic environmental philosophy, calling for reconstruction and imagination rather than deconstruction and analysis. It is a philosopher's invitation to environmental ethics in an unexpectedly inviting and down-to-earth key. On the pragmatic view advanced here, environmental values are thoroughly natural-what else could they be?-and are open-ended and in flux. Rather than passing judgment on the world as it is, we are called to rediscover and remake the world as it might be. We require an environmental etiquette more than a formal ethic; an etiquette whose development must be an ongoing process; and a process in turn that is genuinely multicentric, challenging us to negotiate our place among the exuberant variety of living and other forms.
| ISBN: | 9780791476703 |
| Publication date: | 15th January 2009 |
| Author: | Anthony Weston |
| Publisher: | SUNY Press an imprint of State University of New York Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 210 pages |
| Series: | SUNY Series in Environmental Philosophy and Ethics |
| Genres: |
Ethics and moral philosophy Pragmatism Nature and the natural world: general interest |
Collected essays present Weston's pragmatic environmental philosophy, calling for reconstruction and imagination rather than deconstruction and analysis.
This collection of germinal work in the field by Anthony Weston presents his pragmatic environmental philosophy, calling for reconstruction and imagination rather than deconstruction and analysis. It is a philosopher's invitation to environmental ethics in an unexpectedly inviting and down-to-earth key. On the pragmatic view advanced here, environmental values are thoroughly natural-what else could they be?-and are open-ended and in flux. Rather than passing judgment on the world as it is, we are called to rediscover and remake the world as it might be. We require an environmental etiquette more than a formal ethic; an etiquette whose development must be an ongoing process; and a process in turn that is genuinely multicentric, challenging us to negotiate our place among the exuberant variety of living and other forms.
The Incompleat Eco-Philosopher features in the following genres: Ethics and moral philosophy, Pragmatism, Nature and the natural world: general interest
The Incompleat Eco-Philosopher is available in Paperback, Hardback
The Incompleat Eco-Philosopher was written by Anthony Weston and published by SUNY Press an imprint of State University of New York Press
The Incompleat Eco-Philosopher has 210 pages
Yes it is part of SUNY Series in Environmental Philosophy and Ethics series