Biodiversity and Environmental Philosophy: An Introduction

by Sahotra Sarkar

Book Overview

This book explores the epistemological and ethical issues at the foundations of environmental philosophy, emphasising the conservation of biodiversity. Sahota Sarkar criticises attempts to attribute intrinsic value to nature and defends an anthropocentric position on biodiversity conservation based on an untraditional concept of transformative value. Unlike other studies in the field of environmental philosophy, this book is as much concerned with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052114342X
• ISBN13: 9780521143424
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"