An Invitation to Environmental Philosophy
ISBN13: 9780195122046ISBN10: 0195122046
Paperback, 208 pages
Sep 1998,
In Stock
Retail Price to Students:
$37.95 (04)
208 pages;
8 halftones;
5-1/2 x 8-1/4;
ISBN13: 978-0-19-512204-6ISBN10: 0-19-512204-6
An Invitation to Environmental Philosophy is a short, accessible, and provocative work that motivates the basic questions, tells compelling stories, and offers a range of philosophical responses central to the growing field of environmental ethics. It responds to the students'/readers' actual questions and concerns; it offers a way into the field that compels and intrigues.
The book is built around five individually authored chapters; each of which represents environmental philosophy in a somewhat different style. The chapters are neither "surveys" of the field nor narrow arguments for a particular author's view. Rather, each chapter opens doors into larger literatures and debates -- philosophical, ecological, and others. An epilogue offers a bibliographical guide to each of the chapters as well as concrete and practical "next steps" that one may take in confronting current and future environmental issues.
This book is a perfect "invitation" to an environmental ethics or
The book is built around five individually authored chapters; each of which represents environmental philosophy in a somewhat different style. The chapters are neither "surveys" of the field nor narrow arguments for a particular author's view. Rather, each chapter opens doors into larger literatures and debates -- philosophical, ecological, and others. An epilogue offers a bibliographical guide to each of the chapters as well as concrete and practical "next steps" that one may take in confronting current and future environmental issues.
This book is a perfect "invitation" to an environmental ethics or
Description
Brief, inviting, and provocative, this book is a perfect introduction to the burgeoning field of environmental ethics. It animates the basic questions, tells compelling stories, and offers a range of philosophical responses as complementary--not antagonistic--exploratory strategies vital to this growing topic. The book is built around five individually authored chapters, each a representative contribution by a major author in the field. Each chapter covers a central topic in environmental ethics in a somewhat different style. An epilogue offers both a bibliographical guide to these topics and many related issues and a practical guide to environmental action.An Invitation to Environmental Philosophy is an ideal text for courses in environmental ethics and environmental philosophy and an intriguing and rich supplement to a general ethics course, as well as a bridge into the academic literature in environmental philosophy.
