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Environmental ethics, ecological theology, and natural selection /

In the last few decades, religious and secular thinkers have tackled the world's escalating environmental crisis by attempting to develop an ecological ethic that is both scientifically accurate and free of human-centered preconceptions. This groundbreaking study shows that many of these enviro...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sideris, Lisa H.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2003.
Colección:Columbia series in science and religion.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In the last few decades, religious and secular thinkers have tackled the world's escalating environmental crisis by attempting to develop an ecological ethic that is both scientifically accurate and free of human-centered preconceptions. This groundbreaking study shows that many of these environmental ethicists continue to model their positions on romantic, pre-Darwinian concepts that disregard the predatory and cruelly competitive realities of the natural world. Examining the work of such influential thinkers as James Gustafson, Sallie McFague, Rosemary Radford Ruether, John Cobb, Peter.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (viii, 311 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-306) and index.
ISBN:9780231529495
023152949X