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Environmental Ethics: The Big Questions
David R. Keller
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Description for Environmental Ethics: The Big Questions
Paperback. Through a series of multidisciplinary readings, Environmental Ethics: The Big Questions contextualizes environmental ethics within the history of Western intellectual tradition and traces the development of theory since the 1970s. Editor(s): Keller, David R. Series: Philosophy: The Big Questions. Num Pages: 600 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, maps, fig. BIC Classification: RNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 189 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1032.
Through a series of multidisciplinary readings, Environmental Ethics: The Big Questions contextualizes environmental ethics within the history of Western intellectual tradition and traces the development of theory since the 1970s.
- Includes an extended introduction that provides an historical and thematic introduction to the field of environmental ethics
- Features a selection of brief original essays on why to study environmental ethics by leaders in the field
- Contextualizes environmental ethics within the history of the Western intellectual tradition by exploring anthropocentric (human-centered) and nonanthropocentric precedents
- Offers an interdisciplinary approach to the field by featuring seminal work from eminent philosophers, biologists, ecologists, historians, economists, sociologists, anthropologists, ... Read more
Designed to be used with a web-site which contains a continuously updated archive of case studies:
environmentalethics.info
Product Details
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
608
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Series
Philosophy: The Big Questions
Condition
New
Weight
1143 g
Number of Pages
600
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405176385
SKU
V9781405176385
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About David R. Keller
David R. Keller is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Center for the Study of Ethics at Utah Valley University. He is co-editor of The Philosophy of Ecology: From Science to Synthesis (with Frank Golley, 2000), and co-author of Ethics in Action (with Peggy Connolly, Becky Cox-White, and Martin G. Leever, Wiley-Blackwell, 2009), a case-based approach to introducing ethics and ... Read more
Reviews for Environmental Ethics: The Big Questions
"Overall, Environmental Ethics: the big questions is an essential text for anyone looking to get to grips with key thinkers and their contributions to this new and burgeoning domain of ethics. Whilst challenging at times, the variety of papers in terms of both inter-disciplinary and difficulty is wide, allowing readers to effectively engage irrespective of background. Further, the layout is ... Read more