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Environmental Ethics, Ecological Theology, and Natural Selection: Suffering and Responsibility
Lisa H. Sideris
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paperback. Nature, this work reminds us, is a rough and predatory place. Lisa Sideris proposes a new way of thinking about the natural world, an environmental ethic that incorporates the ideas of natural selection and values the processes rather than the products of nature. Series: Columbia Series in Science and Religion. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 27. Weight in Grams: 448. Good copy showing some signs of wear and aging. Some sunning to spine. Text clean throughout
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 Singer, and Holmes Rolston, Sideris proposes a more realistic ethic that combines evolutionary theory with theological insight, advocates ... Read more
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 Singer, and Holmes Rolston, Sideris proposes a more realistic ethic that combines evolutionary theory with theological insight, advocates ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press New York
Condition
Used, Good
Series
Columbia Series in Science and Religion
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231126618
SKU
KMK0024922
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About Lisa H. Sideris
Lisa H. Sideris is an assistant professor at the McGill School of Environment and the Faculty of Religious Studies, McGill University, Montreal.
Reviews for Environmental Ethics, Ecological Theology, and Natural Selection: Suffering and Responsibility
This book offers a detailed, thoughtful exploration of alternative scientific and theological conceptions of the environment.
Amy K. Wolfe Environment Readers of this journal should pay special attention to a book such as this. It is as clear a demonstration as exists of the import of scientific theorizing and the fusion between the culture of the sciences and that ... Read more
Amy K. Wolfe Environment Readers of this journal should pay special attention to a book such as this. It is as clear a demonstration as exists of the import of scientific theorizing and the fusion between the culture of the sciences and that ... Read more