Research Catalog

Title

Philosophy and the natural environment / edited by Robin Attfield and Andrew Belsey ; [contributors, Robin Attfield [and others]].

Author

Royal Institute of Philosophy. Annual Conference (15th : 1993 : University of Wales) author.

Publication

Cambridge [England] : Cambridge University Press, [1994]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Attfield, Robin
• Belsey, Andrew
• Royal Institute of Philosophy, sponsoring corporate body.
• University of Wales.

Description

vi, 250 pages; 24 cm

Summary

In this volume leading international environmental philosophers further the debate about the value of nature, the concept of the environment, and the metaphysical, ethical, social and international implications of these concepts. Philosophers have to some extent neglected the study of nature and the natural environment, and this collection not only provides a long-overdue contribution to that study, but also points to inadequacies of much contemporary ethical and political theory. For environmentalists who are not philosophers, it will stimulate reflection on their own concepts and principles.

Series Statement

Royal Institute of Philosophy supplement, 1358-2461 ; 36

Uniform Title

Royal Institute of Philosophy supplement ; 36.

Subject

• Environmental ethics > Congresses
• Philosophy of nature > Congresses
• Environmental ethics
• Philosophy of nature
• Milieuethiek
• Milieufilosofie
• Natuurfilosofie
• Éthique de l'environnement
• Philosophie de la nature

Genre/Form

• Congress
• Conference papers and proceedings.
• Actes de congrès.

Note

• "Supplement to 'Philosophy'"--Cover.
• Papers from the Royal Institute of Philosophy Conference on 'Philosophy and the Natural Environment' held at the University of Wales in Cardiff, July 20-22, 1993.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Value in nature and the nature of value / Holmes Rolston, III -- Ecology and the ethics of environmental restoration / Robert Elliot -- Rehabilitating nature and making nature habitable / Robin Attfield -- Personalisitic organicism / Frederick Ferré -- Values, reasons and the environment / Roger Crisp -- Awe and humility / Keekok Lee -- The end of anthropocentrism / Mary Midgley -- Global religion / Stephen R.L. Clark -- Kant and the moral considerability of non-rational beings / Tim Hayward -- The idea of the environment / Nigel Dower -- Chaos and order, environment and anarchy / Andrew Belsey -- Natural capital / Alan Holland -- Some philosophical assessments of environmental disobedience / Peter List -- Global environmental justice / Dale Jamieson -- Environmental and medical bioethics in late modernity / Ruth McNally and Peter Wheale -- Highlights and connections / Frederick Ferré.

ISBN

• 0521469031
• 9780521469036

LCCN

94010025

OCLC

• ocm30030368
• 30030368
• SCSB-2043342

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library