The Agrarian Vision [electronic resource] : Sustainability and Environmental Ethics /
Thompson, Paul B.,1951-
Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky,
2010.
Providing a pragmatic approach to ecological responsibility and commitment, this volume offers a significant, compelling argument for the practice of a reconfigured and expanded agrarianism in our efforts to support modern industrialised culture while also preserving the natural world.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Providing a pragmatic approach to ecological responsibility and commitment, this volume offers a significant, compelling argument for the practice of a reconfigured and expanded agrarianism in our efforts to support modern industrialised culture while also preserving the natural world.
Sustainability and environmental philosophy -- The philosophy of farming in America -- Political values and the future of U.S. agriculture -- The moral significance of land: a lesson from the Grapes of wrath -- Farming as a focal practice -- Food and community -- Why philosophy matters for agricultural policy; why agricultural policy matters for sustainability -- Sustainability and the social goals of agriculture -- The road to sustainability -- Sustainability as a norm -- Sustainability: what it is and what it is not -- Sustainability, social movements, and hope.
Description based on print version record.
Agriculture and state
Environmental ethics
Sustainable agriculture