1st Edition

Environmental Philosophy Reason, Nature and Human Concern

By Christopher Belshaw Copyright 2001
336 Pages
by Routledge

336 Pages
by Routledge

336 Pages
by Routledge

This introduction to the philosophy of the environment examines current debates on how we should think about the natural world and our place within it. The subject is examined from a determinedly analytic philosophical perspective, focusing on questions of value, but taking in attendant issues in epistemology and metaphysics as well. The book begins by considering the nature, extent and origin of... Read more
Introduction 1. Problems 2. Causes 3. Solutions I: Voting and Pricing 4. Solutions II: Moral Theory 5. Animals 6. Life 7. Rivers, Species, Land 8. Deep Ecology 9. Value 10. Beauty 11. Human Beings Afterword Appendices Notes Bibliography Index

Biography

Christopher Belshaw