The Ethics of Nature
Celia E. Deane?Drummond(auth.)
This accessible and timely book uses a Christian perspective to explore ethical debates about nature.
Chapter 1 Introduction: The Recovery of Virtue for an Ethics of Nature (pages 1–28):
Chapter 2 Environmental Ethics (pages 29–53):
Chapter 3 Animal Ethics (pages 54–85):
Chapter 4 The Ethics of Biotechnology (pages 86–110):
Chapter 5 The Ethics of Cloning (pages 111–135):
Chapter 6 Psychology and Moral Agency (pages 136–161):
Chapter 7 Ethics and Gaia (pages 162–185):
Chapter 8 Feminism and the Ethics of Nature (pages 186–213):
Chapter 9 Towards an Ethic of Wisdom (pages 214–236):
- A detailed exploration of humanity’s treatment of the natural world from a Christian perspective.
- Covers a range of ethical debates, including current controversies about the environment, animal rights, biotechnology, consciousness, and cloning.
- Sets the immediate issues in the context of underlying theological and philosophical assumptions.
- Complex scientific issues are explained in clear student-friendly language.
- The author develops her own distinctive ethical approach centred on the practice of wisdom.
- Discusses key figures in the field, including Peter Singer, Aldo Leopold, Tom Regan, Andrew Linzey, James Lovelock, Anne Primavesi, Rosemary Radford Ruether, and Michael Northcott.
- The author has held academic posts in both theology and plant science.
Chapter 1 Introduction: The Recovery of Virtue for an Ethics of Nature (pages 1–28):
Chapter 2 Environmental Ethics (pages 29–53):
Chapter 3 Animal Ethics (pages 54–85):
Chapter 4 The Ethics of Biotechnology (pages 86–110):
Chapter 5 The Ethics of Cloning (pages 111–135):
Chapter 6 Psychology and Moral Agency (pages 136–161):
Chapter 7 Ethics and Gaia (pages 162–185):
Chapter 8 Feminism and the Ethics of Nature (pages 186–213):
Chapter 9 Towards an Ethic of Wisdom (pages 214–236):
عام:
2003
الناشر:
Wiley-Blackwell
اللغة:
english
الصفحات:
271
ISBN 10:
063122937X
ISBN 13:
9780631229377
ملف:
PDF, 1.46 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2003
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