Preservation Versus the People? : Nature, Humanity, and Political Philosophy
Humphrey, Mathew.
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2002.
Why should any society take the decision to devote scarce resources, as a matter of public policy, to preserving natural objects? This is one of the questions considered in the field of environmental ethics, and the thinking that has taken place in this discipline has been dominated by the 'ecocentric-anthropocentric' distinction. Answers focus on either 'intrinsic values in nature', or on the human welfare benefits that will accrue from preservationist policies. These two answersare generally taken to be both mutually exclusive and collectively exhaustive. Ecocentric writers believe that thei
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Contents; A Note on Terminology; Introduction; 1. The Foundations of Ecocentrism; 2. The Human Need for Nature; 3. Dichotomy and Distortion: The Mutual Misunderstandings of Social Ecology and Ecocentrism; 4. New Marx for Old? Marxism, Humanity, and Ecology; Conclusion: Framing, Irreplaceability, and the Ineliminability of Contingency; Bibliography; Index
Why should any society take the decision to devote scarce resources, as a matter of public policy, to preserving natural objects? This is one of the questions considered in the field of environmental ethics, and the thinking that has taken place in this discipline has been dominated by the 'ecocentric-anthropocentric' distinction. Answers focus on either 'intrinsic values in nature', or on the human welfare benefits that will accrue from preservationist policies. These two answersare generally taken to be both mutually exclusive and collectively exhaustive. Ecocentric writers believe that thei
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Environmental ethics.
Environmental policy.
Nature conservation