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Book SynopsisThis book discusses the new field of eco-ethica, explores issues arising from a technology-mediated environment and our changing moral consciousness, and presents an ethics that transcends interpersonal ethics so as to also encompass companies and governments
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Preface to the English Edition Chapter 3 Chapter 1: Preliminary Thoughts on the Essence of Eco-Ethica Part 4 1. Why ethics now? Part 5 2. The contrary opposition between death and virtue Part 6 3. The unprecedented ethical issues raised by new technology Chapter 7 Chapter 2: Reinstating Ethics Part 8 1. Our responsibility toward nature and things Part 9 2. Changes affecting the human habitat Part 10 3. Ethics for living well Part 11 4. Why is ethics being forgotten? Part 12 5. Turning into skilled animals Part 13 6. Eco-ethica in our day-to-day lives Chapter 14 Chapter 3: A New Virtue Ethics Part 15 1. Virtues as the specific manifestations of an ethical system Part 16 2. The history of creating virtues Part 17 3. The creation of new virtues Chapter 18 Chapter 4: Morals and Logic Part 19 1. The Japanese moral consciousness Part 20 2. The technology-mediated environment and changes in moral consciousness Part 21 3. The logical structure of action Part 22 4. Technological abstraction - a new form of abstraction Part 23 5. Self-Regulation of technology and of humans Part 24 6. The mythos of fire Chapter 25 Chapter 5: Human Beings and Nature Part 26 1. The position of human beings in primordial nature Part 27 2. Nature and the technology-mediated environment Part 28 3. Learning from nature Chapter 29 Invitees to the International Symposium on Eco-ethica Chapter 30 Index
