American Indian environmental ethics
Subtitle: an Ojibwa case study
By: J. Baird Callicott, Michael P. Nelson
Contributors: Nelson, Michael P., 1966-
Series: Basic ethics in action
Publisher: Pearson/Prentice Hall
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Upper Saddle River, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 163
Subjects: Ojibwa Indians -- Folklore; Ojibwa philosophy; Environmental ethics -- Case studies
Genres: Folklore; Case studies
Description: "For courses in anthropology, cultural geography, environmental philosophy and ethics. Brief text focusing on environmental attitudes and practices of American Indians using the Ojibwa narrative, myths, legends, stories and rituals. Introductory essay offers theory of environmental ethics, an overview of the field of environmental ethics, and places the Ojibwa within this contemporary debate."--publisher.

"J. Baud Callicott and Michael P. Nelson offer an engaging study of environmental ethics with particular emphasis on an ethics supported by the Ojibwa cultural worldview. Connecting environmental theory with diverse stories from Ojibwa Indians, Callicott and Nelson reveal the meaning and power of cultural worldviews as they inform ethical principles and practices, as they show that competing worldviews demonstrate the many ways "of cognitively organizing human experience." The authors begin with a concise treatment of environmental ethics, cultural worldviews, and the problem of cultural relativism, and integrate and evaluate rarely seen narratives of Ojibwa Indians on their relationship to the environment"--back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-141) and index