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A leading theorist addresses a wide spectrum of topics central to the field of environmental philosophy.

CHOICE 1999 Outstanding Academic Title

A sequel to Callicott''s pioneering work, In Defense of the Land Ethic, Beyond the Land Ethic engages a wide spectrum of topics central to the field, including the troubled relationship of environmental philosophy to current mainstream academic philosophy; the relationship of recent developments in evolutionary and ecological sciences to the Leopold land ethic long championed by the author; the perennial debates in environmental ethics about the ontological status of intrinsic value and the necessity of moral pluralism; the metaphysical implications of ecology and the New Physics as manifest in agriculture, medicine, and industrial technology; and the philosophical dimensions of conservation biology and clinical ecology.

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      Publisher: State University Press of New York (SUNY)
      Publication Date: 4/23/1999 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780791440841, 978-0791440841
      ISBN10: 0791440842

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A leading theorist addresses a wide spectrum of topics central to the field of environmental philosophy.

      CHOICE 1999 Outstanding Academic Title

      A sequel to Callicott''s pioneering work, In Defense of the Land Ethic, Beyond the Land Ethic engages a wide spectrum of topics central to the field, including the troubled relationship of environmental philosophy to current mainstream academic philosophy; the relationship of recent developments in evolutionary and ecological sciences to the Leopold land ethic long championed by the author; the perennial debates in environmental ethics about the ontological status of intrinsic value and the necessity of moral pluralism; the metaphysical implications of ecology and the New Physics as manifest in agriculture, medicine, and industrial technology; and the philosophical dimensions of conservation biology and clinical ecology.

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