A world not made for us : topics in critical environmental philosophy /

"In A World Not Made for Us, Keith R. Peterson provides a broad reassessment of the field of environmental philosophy, taking a fresh and critical look at three classical problems of environmentalism: the intrinsic value of nature, the need for an ecological worldview, and a new conception of t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Peterson, Keith R. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2020]
Colección:Suny series in environmental philosophy and ethics
Temas:
Environmentalism > Philosophy.
Environmental ethics.
Philosophy of nature.
Nature > Effect of human beings on.
Human ecology.
Environnementalisme > Philosophie.
Éthique de l'environnement.
Philosophie de la nature.
Êtres humains > Influence sur la nature.
Écologie humaine.
human ecology.
Environmental ethics
Environmentalism > Philosophy
Human ecology
Nature > Effect of human beings on
Philosophy of nature
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction. Environmental Philosophy: Anthropocentrism, Intrinsic Value, and Worldview Clash
  • Dualisms and Critical Environmental Philosophy
  • Structure of the Book
  • Part I Anthropocentrism and Philosophical Anthropology
  • 1 Anthropocentrism, Dualism, and Models of the Human
  • The Meanings of Anthropocentrism
  • Dualisms and the "Liberation Model" of Anthropocentrism
  • Models of the Human and Environmental Kantianism
  • Pleistocene Dreams
  • 2 The Unfinished Animal
  • Ecological Materialism: Embeddedness and Ontogeny
  • The Unfinished Animal
  • Action, Articulation, and Value
  • Part II The Intrinsic Value of Nature
  • 3 The Problem of Intrinsic Value and the Primacy of Priorities
  • Intrinsic Value and Metaethics
  • Property and Priority Questions
  • Enabling Environmental Practices and Value Theory
  • On Value Theory
  • 4 Environmental Values and Vital Priorities
  • Environmental Goods and Moral Values: Basic Principles
  • Two Kinds of Values
  • Note on the Ontology of Value
  • Relations Between Value Kinds
  • Value Relations and Affective Intensity
  • Principles of Prioritization: Stability and Dynamism
  • 5 Political Ecology and Value Theory
  • Ecopolitics and Ethos
  • Forms of Social Determination
  • Economic Value and Ecosystem Services
  • Political Ecological Ethics
  • Part III Ecological Ontology
  • 6 Metascientific Stances and Dependence
  • Environmentalism and Metascientific Stances
  • From Rational-Social Dualism To Unruly Complexity
  • Stratification and Dependence
  • Conclusion. A World Not Made for Us
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Index

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