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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Keith R. PetersonPublisher: State University of New York Press Imprint: State University of New York Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.227kg ISBN: 9781438479590ISBN 10: 143847959 Pages: 236 Publication Date: 01 September 2020 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Introduction: Environmental Philosophy: Anthropocentrism, Intrinsic Value, and Worldview Clash Part I: Anthropocentrism and Philosophical Anthropology 1. Anthropocentrism, Dualism, and Models of the Human 2. The Unfinished Animal Part II: The Intrinsic Value of Nature 3. The Problem of Intrinsic Value and the Primacy of Priorities 4. Environmental Values and Vital Priorities 5. Political Ecology and Value Theory Part III: Ecological Ontology 6. Metascientific Stances and Dependence Conclusion: A World Not Made for Us Notes Works Cited IndexReviewsThis is one of the most important contributions to contemporary environmental philosophy, especially in the areas of value theory and political ecology. Peterson undertakes crucial inquiry into the theoretical priorities that are the necessary basis for a consistent and coherent ethical theory. He launches a powerful critique of both abstract idealist and reductionist tendencies in recent environmental thought and presents incisive and groundbreaking analysis of key issues such as the nature of moral virtue and the role of the social ethos. This work will do much to deepen and enrich the theoretical discussion of basic concepts in environmental philosophy. - John P. Clark, author of Between Earth and Empire: From the Necrocene to the Beloved Community ...this is a very detailed, effective and impressive work of environmental philosophy that features wide ranging scholarship and connects anthropological, axiological, political and metascientific considerations together in a persuasive and well worked out way. - Environmental Values This is one of the most important contributions to contemporary environmental philosophy, especially in the areas of value theory and political ecology. Peterson undertakes crucial inquiry into the theoretical priorities that are the necessary basis for a consistent and coherent ethical theory. He launches a powerful critique of both abstract idealist and reductionist tendencies in recent environmental thought and presents incisive and groundbreaking analysis of key issues such as the nature of moral virtue and the role of the social ethos. This work will do much to deepen and enrich the theoretical discussion of basic concepts in environmental philosophy. - John P. Clark, author of Between Earth and Empire: From the Necrocene to the Beloved Community Author InformationKeith R. Peterson is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Colby College. His books include a translation of F. W. J. Schelling's First Outline of a System of the Philosophy of Nature, also published by SUNY Press. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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