| Beyond the Land Ethic: More Essays in Environmental Philosophy Contributor(s): Callicott, J. Baird (Author) |
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ISBN: 0791440834 ISBN-13: 9780791440834 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 1999 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental) - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy |
| Dewey: 179.1 |
| LCCN: 98053504 |
| Series: Suny Series, Philosophy & Biology |
| Physical Information: 1.4" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.60 lbs) 427 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Ecology |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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." |