The ideal of nature
Subtitle: debates about biotechnology and the environment
By: edited by Gregory E. Kaebnick
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Baltimore, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780801898884
Subjects: Bioethical Issues; Moral and ethical aspects; Ethics; Nature; Genetic Engineering; Bioethics; Effect of human beings on; Biotechnology; Public Policy; Agriculture; Essays
Description: Probes whether 'nature' and 'the natural' are capable of guiding moral deliberations in policy making. Drawing on philosophy, religion, and political science, this book examines three questions central to debates over the idea of 'nature' in human action. It is suitable for scholars of bioethics, environmental philosophy, and religious studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Disposing nature or disposing of it? : reflections on the instruction of nature / Kate Soper; title: In defense of living nature : finding common ground in a medieval tradition / Jean Porter; title: Nature as absence : the logic of nature and culture in social contract theory / Bruce Jennings; title: Human nature without theory / Gregory E. Kaebnick; title: Preserving the distinction between nature and artifact / Eric Katz; title: Why "nature" has no place in environmental philosophy / Steven Vogel; title: The appeal to nature / Bonnie Steinbock; title: Thinking like a mountain : nature, wilderness, and the virtue of humility / Paul Lauritzen; title: He did it on hot dogs and beer : natural excellence in human athletic achievement / David Wasserman; title: Sport, simulation, and EPO / Nicholas Agar; title: Common-sense morality and the idea of nature : what we can learn from thinking about therapy / William A. Galston; title: Rawls, sports, and liberal legitimacy / Thomas H. Murray and Peter Murray.