The Human Relationship to Nature : The Limit of Reason, the Basis of Value, and the Crisis of Environmental Ethics 9780739164976, 9780739164952

Value, Beauty, and Nature: The Philosophy of Organism and the Metaphysical Foundations of Environmental Ethics 9781438495583, 9781438495576, 1438495587

Much of early environmental ethics was born out of the belief that the ecological crisis can only truly be solved by ove

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Value, Beauty, and Nature: The Philosophy of Organism and the Metaphysical Foundations of Environmental Ethics (Suny Environmental Philosophy and Ethics) 9781438495576, 9781438495583, 1438495579

Argues that, to make progress within environmental ethics, philosophers must explicitly engage in environmental metaphys

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The Disposition of Nature: Environmental Crisis and World Literature 9780823286805

This book examines how literature shapes understandings of nature and can therefore be both complicit in environmental h

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The Human Basis of the Polity

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The Ethics of Nature and the Nature of Ethics 1498544355, 9781498544351

This volume explores questions which emerge from considering the relationship between nature and ethics through philosop

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Biology of Knowledge: The Evolutionary Basis of Reason 0471103098, 9780471103097

This bold study is intended to show not only how biological knowledge is acquired, but also how the biological cognitive

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Biology of Knowledge: The Evolutionary Basis of Reason 0471103098, 9780471103097

This bold study is intended to show not only how biological knowledge is acquired, but also how the biological cognitive

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The Human Paradox: Rediscovering the Nature of the Human 9781487541521

The Human Paradox shows how the nature of the human is structured by the conflicting human values and virtues that have

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Alcohol and Violence : The Nature of the Relationship and the Promise of Prevention 9780739180129, 9780739197738

Many people have experienced or witnessed situations in which people drinking alcohol get aggressive, obnoxious, and vio

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Human Value, Environmental Ethics and Sustainability : The Precautionary Ecosystem Health Principle [1 ed.] 9781783487998, 9781783487974

It is widely acknowledged that we have a duty to protect the environment. Yet, current environmental policy discussions

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