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Earthcare : an anthology in environmental ethics /

Title:
Earthcare : an anthology in environmental ethics /
Published:
Lanham : c2009.
Format:
Book
Institution:
Emmanuel College
Contents:
Preface: the design of this book and how to get the most out of it -- pt. I: A philosophical framework for environmental ethics -- 1. Introduction -- Worldviews, values, and forms of life: why do we think the way we do? -- What is ethics and why study it? -- Human beings, other life-forms, and ethics -- three points of view on ethics -- A short history of ethical theories -- Environmental ethics -- The context of environmental ethics: the Environmental Movement -- The context of environmental ethics: environmental policy -- 2. The worldviews of the Abrahamic religions and the environment -- Readings: The Book of Genesis (1:1-2:29) -- The Quran and the environment -- Canticle of the creatures Brother Sun / St. Francis of Assisi -- Nature is made for our use / Aristotle -- That rational creatures are governed for their own sakes, while others are governed in subordination to them / St. Thomas Aquinas -- Animals don't think; selections from "Letter to More" and "discourse on method" / René Descartes -- Animals as automata / René Descartes -- Duties to animals / Immanuel Kant -- The historical roots of our ecological crisis / Lynn White -- Judaism and the practice of stewardship / David Ehrenfeld and Philip J. Bentley -- Trees, forestry, and the responsiveness of creation / Brian J. Walsh, Marianne B. Karsh, and Nik Ansell -- Islam, the contemporary Islamic world, and the environmental crisis / Seyyed Hossein Nasr -- In the first person: Calvin B. DeWitt, environmental scientist -- 3. Asian, Native American, and western secular worldviews and the environment -- Readings: Creation of the world from the self / Brihad-Aranyaka Upanishad -- Ahimsa: respect for life / Akaranga Sutra -- The greening of Buddhist practice / Kenneth Kraft -- Taoism and the foundations of environmental ethics / Po-Keung Ip -- We are all related / Ed McGaa (Eagle Man) -- The ethics of respect for nature / Paul Taylor -- 4. Valuing nature -- Readings: Is there a need for a new, an environmental ethic? / Richard Sylvan (formerly Routley) -- The varieties of intrinsic value / John O'ONeill -- Environmental ethics and weak anthropocentrism / Bryan Norton -- Why environmental ethics shouldn't give up on intrinsic value / Katie McShane -- In the first person: Eugene Hargrove, editor of Environmental Ethics -- 5.Deep ecology -- Readings: The deep ecological movement: some philosophical aspects / Arne Naess -- Deep ecology / Bill Devall and George Sessions -- Deep ecology and its social philosophy: a critique / Bron Taylor -- In the first person: Maya Brenna, research associate -- 6. Ecofeminism -- Readings: The power and the promise of ecological feminism / Karen Warren -- From heroic to holistic ethics: the ecofeminist challenge / Marti Kheel -- Development, ecology, and women / Vandana Shiva -- 7. Social ecology and environmental justice -- Readings: What is social ecology? / Murray Bookchin -- The environmentalism of the poor / Ramachandra Guha and Juan Martinez-Alier -- Environmental justice: an interview with Robert Bullard / Errol Schweizer -- In the first person: Major Carter, executive director, Sustainable South Bronx --
Online access:
No online access
Library holdings:
Emmanuel Main Stacks
GE42 .E283 2009 – Unavailable