The Spirit of the Soil: Agriculture and Environmental Ethics

by Paul B. Thompson and Paul B. Thompson

Book Overview

The Spirit of the Soil challenges environmentalists to think more deeply and creatively about agriculture. Paul B. Thompson identifies four 'worldviews' which tackle agricultural ethics according to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041508623X
• ISBN13: 9780415086233
• Release Date: November 1994
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

Superb general intro. to politics and ethics of agriculture

The educated layperson will find Dr. Thompson's *Spirit of the Soil* to be a perfect introduction to the bewilderingly complex ethical and economic questions that increasingly surround modern agriculture. The author ruthlessly dissects politically charged and often intentionally vague terms and concepts such as "sustainability," "stewardship," the consumer mentality, and the flawed yet indispensible materialism of modern production agriculture. This book will be enormously helpful to anyone who wants to attack farm policy with a more mature understanding of the ethical issues upon which the cultural and physical sustainability of modern agriculture depends