Ethics and the Environment: An Introduction

by Dale Jamieson

Book Overview

What is the environment, and how does it figure in an ethical life? This book is an introduction to the philosophical issues involved in this important question, focussing primarily on ethics but also encompassing questions in aesthetics and political philosophy. Topics discussed include the environment as an ethical question, human morality, meta-ethics, normative ethics, humans and other animals, the value of nature, and nature's future. The discussion...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521682843
• ISBN13: 9780521682848
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.8" x 9.6"