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245 00 $aReflecting on nature :$breadings in environmental philosophy /$cedited by Lori Gruen & Dale Jamieson.
260 $aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c1994.
300 $axvii, 362 pages ;$c24 cm
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 $aThe first anthology to highlight the problems of environmental justice and sustainable development, Reflecting on Nature provides a multicultural perspective on questions of environmental concern, featuring contributions from feminist and minority scholars and scholars from developing countries.
520 8 $aSelections examine immediate global needs, addressing some of the most crucial problems we now face: biodiversity loss, the meaning and significance of wilderness, population and overconsumption, and the human use of other animals. Spanning centuries of philosophical, naturalist, and environmental reflection, readings include the work of Aristotle, Locke, Darwin, and Thoreau, as well as contemporary, mainstream figures like Bernard Williams, Thomas Hill, Jr. , and Jonathan Glover, while works by Val Plumwood, Bill Devall, Murray Bookchin, and John Dryzek comprise a radical ecology section.
520 8 $aWith insightful essays by the editors to introduce each section, this comprehensive and timely text of philosophical and environmental writing will inform, enlighten, and encourage debate.
505 0 $aI. Images of Nature. "The Historical Roots of Our Ecologic Crisis" / Lynn White, Jr. From Genesis. from Physics / Aristotle. from Politics / Aristotle. from The Second Treatise of Government / John Locke. from On the Origin of Species / Charles Darwin. "Anthropocentrism and Predation" / John Muir. from "The Land Ethic" / Aldo Leopold. from "Walking" / Henry David Thoreau. from Principles of Political Economy: With Some of Their Applications to Social Philosophy / John Stuart Mill. from Discordant Harmonies: A New Ecology for the Twenty-First Century / Daniel Botkin. from Staying Alive: Women, Ecology and Development / Vandana Shiva. from "The Golden Rule - A Proper Scale for Our Environmental Crisis" / Stephen Jay Gould -- II. Ethics and the Environment. from What Sort of People Should There Be? / Jonathan Glover.
650 0 $aEnvironmental sciences$xPhilosophy.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2006007361
700 1 $aGruen, Lori.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr88008339
700 1 $aJamieson, Dale.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85254134
852 00 $bbar$hGE40$i.R44 1994
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