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Ethics for a Full World: Or, Can Animal-lovers Save the World?
Tormod V. Burkey
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The global emergencies facing the inhabitants of our planet - climate change, biodiversity meltdown, ocean acidification, overfishing, land degradation and more - are symptoms of a common problem: the world is full. Humanity has already exceeded several planetary boundaries. The situation is without precedent and its manifestations are numerous. Ethics for a Full World argues that our dominant culture's anthropocentrism - our human-focused thinking - is an underlying cause of the world's problems, threatening life as we know it. The blights that endanger our planet are experienced by many today, particularly those who care about other species, as deeply personal ... Read more
The global emergencies facing the inhabitants of our planet - climate change, biodiversity meltdown, ocean acidification, overfishing, land degradation and more - are symptoms of a common problem: the world is full. Humanity has already exceeded several planetary boundaries. The situation is without precedent and its manifestations are numerous. Ethics for a Full World argues that our dominant culture's anthropocentrism - our human-focused thinking - is an underlying cause of the world's problems, threatening life as we know it. The blights that endanger our planet are experienced by many today, particularly those who care about other species, as deeply personal ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Clairview Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
206
Place of Publication
Forest Row, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781905570850
SKU
V9781905570850
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About Tormod V. Burkey
TORMOD V. BURKEY, PhD, studied ecology and conservation biology at Princeton. He is a biodiversity specialist, conservation scientist and environmental activist, as well as a birder, diver, sea kayaker and sailor. Tormod loves animals with a vengeance, and longs to experience wildlife untrammeled by habitat degradation and persecution. He has struggled since childhood with the difficulties of saving endangered species, ... Read more
Reviews for Ethics for a Full World: Or, Can Animal-lovers Save the World?
'One of the shortest, sharpest, clearest and most compelling descriptions of the causes and cures of our environmental bankruptcy that I have ever read.' - Lloyd Timberlake, author of Environmental Politics for the 21st Century; 'A cure for narrow-mindedness, this provocative book should be required reading for politicians - and those who vote for them.' - Brian Czech, President, Center ... Read more