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In nature's interests? : interests, animal rights, and environmental ethics /
This work responds to the assumption that animal rights philosophies and anthropocentric views are each antithetical to sound environmental policy. Allowing that all living things have interests which should be protected, the author contends that some interests take priority over others.
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2002, ©1998.
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| Series: | Environmental ethics and science policy.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction : interests, holism, and environmental ethics
- A critique of environmental holism
- Localizing desire
- Biological interests : questioning the mental state theory of welfare
- The principles of inclusiveness : establishing priorities among interests
- Can animal rights activists be environmentalists?
- Justifying the environmentalist agenda
- Conclusion : two dogmas of environmental ethics.