Environmental Philosophy: Reason, Nature and Human Concern

di Christopher Belshaw (Autore)

Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2001

This introduction to the philosophy of the environment examines current debates on how we should think about the natural world and our place within it. The subject is examined from a determinedly analytic philosophical perspective, focusing on questions of value, but taking in attendant issues in epistemology and metaphysics as well. The book begins by considering the nature, extent and origin of the environmental problems with which we need to be concerned. Chapters go on to consider familiar strategies for dealing with environmental problems, and then consider what sort of things are of direct moral concern, examining in turn at animals, non-sentient life-forms, natural but non-living things and deep ecology. The final part of the book investigates notions of value, natural beauty and the place of human beings in the scheme of things.

• Autore: Christopher Belshaw
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Anno: 2001
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 336 p.
• Dimensioni: 234 x 156 mm
• Peso: 453 gr.
• EAN: 9781902683218

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