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With respect for nature : living as part of the natural world /

"We eat, inevitably, at the expense of other living creatures. How can we take the lives of plants and animals while maintaining a proper respect for both ecosystems and the individuals who live in them - including ourselves? In this book philosopher J. Claude Evans challenges much of the accep...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Evans, Joseph Claude
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : State University of New York Press, ©2005.
Colección:SUNY series in environmental philosophy and ethics.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. 1. Respect: finding out what it means. ch. 1. The challenge of animal rights and animal liberation
  • pt. 2. Albert Schweitzer: the principle of reverence for life. ch. 2. Albert Schweitzer's philosophy of reverence for life
  • ch. 3. Critical examination of Schweitzer's ethics of reverence for life
  • pt. 3. Paul Taylor's ethics of respect for nature. ch. 4. The biocentric ethics of Paul Taylor
  • ch. 5. Critical analysis of Taylor's philosophy of respect for nature
  • pt. 4. Respect for nature and biocentric anthropocentrism. ch. 6. Biocentric anthropocentrism
  • ch. 7. Toward a philosophy of the hunt
  • pt. 5. The ethics of catch and release fishing. ch. 8. Fishing for fish versus fishing for pleasure : A.A. Luce and the ethics of catch and release fishing
  • ch. 9. The practice of catch and release fishing
  • Appendix. Faith, reason, and animal welfare.