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The Moral Authority of Nature
Lorraine Daston
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Description for The Moral Authority of Nature
Paperback. This work offers an extensive account of how people have used nature to think about what counts as good, beautiful or valuable. The essays here cover a diverse array of topics, including the connection of cosmic and human orders from ancient Greece to contemporary America. Editor(s): Daston, Lorraine; Vidal, Fernando. Num Pages: 376 pages, 6 halftones, 11 line drawings. BIC Classification: HB; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 167 x 33. Weight in Grams: 800.
For thousands of years, people have used nature to justify their political, moral, and social judgments. Such appeals to the moral authority of nature are still very much with us today, as heated debates over genetically modified organisms and human cloning testify.
The Moral Authority of Nature offers a wide-ranging account of how people have used nature to think about what counts as good, beautiful, just, or valuable. The eighteen essays cover a diverse array of topics, including the connection of cosmic and human orders in ancient Greece, medieval notions of sexual disorder, early modern contexts for categorizing individuals ... Read more
For thousands of years, people have used nature to justify their political, moral, and social judgments. Such appeals to the moral authority of nature are still very much with us today, as heated debates over genetically modified organisms and human cloning testify.
The Moral Authority of Nature offers a wide-ranging account of how people have used nature to think about what counts as good, beautiful, just, or valuable. The eighteen essays cover a diverse array of topics, including the connection of cosmic and human orders in ancient Greece, medieval notions of sexual disorder, early modern contexts for categorizing individuals ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Number of Pages
526
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226136813
SKU
V9780226136813
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