Title: Environmental philosophy : from animal rights to radical ecology /
Authors: Zimmerman, Michael E., 1946-; Callicott, J. Baird.
Publisher: Prentice Hall,
Year: 1998
Subjects: Human ecology Philosophy; Environmental ethics.
Abstract: This significant collection of recent essays, some especially written for this volume, offers readers insightful philosophical discussions of current environmental problems as viewed from a wide variety of perspectives. This anthology is unique in part because each section is edited by a leading philosopher in the field.
Contents: General introduction / Michael E. Zimmerman -- Pt.1. Environmental ethics. -- Introduction / J. Baird Callicott -- Is there a need for a new, an environmental, ethic? / Richard Sylvan (Routley) -- All animals are equal / Peter Singer -- Animal rights, human wrongs / Tom Regan -- On being morally considerable / Kenneth E. Goodpaster -- The ethics of respect for nature / Paul W. Taylor -- The land ethic / Aldo Leopold -- The conceptual foundations of the land ethic / J. Baird Callicott -- Challenges in environmental ethics / Holmes Rolston III -- Do deconstructive ecology and sociobiology undermine Leopold's land ethic? / J. Baird Callicott --