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Ethics of Nature : (Record no. 64976)

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Classification number BD581.K65 1999eb
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Personal name Krebs, Angelika.
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Title Ethics of Nature :
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Edition statement 1st ed.
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Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture Berlin/Boston :
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer Walter de Gruyter GmbH,
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice 1999.
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Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice ©1999.
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Extent 1 online resource (180 pages)
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Series statement Perspektiven der Analytischen Philosophie / Perspectives in Analytical Philosophy Series ;
Volume/sequential designation v.22
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Formatted contents note Intro -- Guest Foreword by Bernard Williams -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Synopsis of Argument -- 2. Why an Ethics of Nature? -- 3. The Philosophical Discipline of the Ethics of Nature -- 4. The Objective of This Study -- Part I.: Basic Concepts -- One: Nature -- 1. A Definition of "Nature" for Environmental Ethics -- 2. Oikos, Cosmos, and the Human Body -- 3. Conservation versus Cultivation of Nature -- Two: Ethics -- 1. The Object of Ethics and the Distinction between Intrinsic and Instrumental Value -- 2. Good Human Life and Right Human Life -- 3. Good Human Life -- 4. The Well-Being and the Agency Aspect of Good Human Life -- 5. The Objection to Paternalism -- 6. Moral Concern and Self-interest -- 7. The Hermeneutics and the Justification of Moral Culture -- Three: Anthropocentrism versus Physiocentrism -- 1. The Boundaries of the Moral Universe - "Extensional Anthropocentrism" versus "Extensional Physiocentrism" -- 2. The Absolute Strategy in the Ethics of Nature - "Epistemic Anthropocentrism" versus "Epistemic Physiocentrism" -- Four: Summary of Part I -- Part II.: Seven Anthropocentric Arguments for the Value of Nature -- One: The Basic Needs Argument -- 1. Classical Thoughts -- 2. The Argument -- 3. General Comments -- 4. Lost Peace with Nature? The Need for Environmental History -- 5. Some Reasons Why the Basic Needs Argument Is Not as Effective as You Might Expect -- 6. Two Versions of the Basic Needs Argument which Incorporate Intrinsic Value Claims for Nature -- Two: The Aisthesis Argument -- 1. Literary Thoughts -- 2. The Argument -- 3. Aisthesis and Aesthetic Theory -- 4. The Universality of Feeling -- 5. The "Grammar" of Sensation -- 6. Two Objections to the Aisthesis Argument -- Three: The Aesthetic Contemplation Argument -- 1. Literary Thoughts -- 2. The Argument -- 3. The Aesthetic Intrinsic Value of Nature.
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Formatted contents note 4. The Universality of the Aesthetic Contemplation of Nature -- 5. The Irreplaceability of Nature as an Aesthetic Object -- Four: The Natural Design Argument -- 1. Classical Thoughts -- 2. The Argument -- 3. Comments -- Five: The Heimat Argument -- 1. Classical Thoughts -- 2. The Argument -- 3. Comments -- Six: The Pedagogic Argument -- 1. Classical Thoughts -- 2. The Argument -- 3. General Comments -- 4. The Channelling Aggression Objection -- 5. "Is It Only for Practice that We Should Have Compassion for Animals?" A Caveat -- Seven: The Meaning of Life and the True Joy of Living Argument -- 1. Classical Thoughts -- 2. The Argument -- 3. Comments -- Eight: Summary of Part II. and Preliminary Results -- Part III.: A Hermaphroditic Argument for the Value of Nature -- One: The Holistic Argument -- 1. Classical Thoughts -- 2. The Argument -- 3. General Comments -- 4. The Ontological Identity Thesis -- 5. The Harmony of Good Lives Thesis -- 6. The Dependency Thesis -- Two: Summary of Part III -- Part IV.: Five Physiocentric Arguments for the Value of Nature -- One: The Pathocentric Argument -- 1. Classical Thoughts -- 2. The Argument -- 3. Practical Consequences: The Case of Animal Experimentation -- 4. The Question of Criteria for the Attribution of Sensations and Feelings -- 5. The No Language, No Interests, No Rights Objection -- 6. The Contractualist Objection -- 7. The Kantian Objection -- 8. The Anti-Egalitarian Objection -- 9. The "First Comes the Food, then Come the Morals" Objection -- 10. The Policing Nature Objection -- Two: The Teleological Argument -- 1. Classical Thoughts -- 2. The Argument -- 3. General Comments -- 4. The Ambiguity of the Concept of "End" -- 5. Nature Follows Functional, Not Practical Ends -- 6. Two Objections to Our Criticism of the Teleological Argument -- Three: The Reverence for Life Argument -- 1. Classical Thoughts.
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Formatted contents note 2. The Argument -- 3. Refutation of the Reverence for Life Argument -- 4. The Moral Justification of the Right to Life -- 5. Animals and Death -- 6. Digression on Human Abortion, Infanticide, and the Moral Right to Life of the Gravely Ill, the Senile, and the Severely Mentally Disabled -- Four: The Following Nature Argument -- 1. Classical Thoughts -- 2. The Argument -- 3. General Comments -- 4. Why We Cannot and, Even if We Could, Should Not Follow Nature -- 5. The Inevitability of Epistemic Moral Anthropocentrism -- 6. The Disanalogy between "Anthropocentrism" and "Sexism -- 7. The Preservation of Species -- 8. Complexity, Stability, Age -- 9. "Following Nature?" -- Five: The Theological Argument -- 1. Classical Thoughts -- 2. The Argument -- 3. Comments -- Six: Summary of Part IV -- Conclusion -- Works Cited -- About the Author -- Index.
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Local note Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Environmental ethics.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Philosophy of nature.
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Personal name Williams, Bernard.
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Main entry heading Krebs, Angelika
Title Ethics of Nature
Place, publisher, and date of publication Berlin/Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH,c1999
International Standard Book Number 9783110158298
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Uniform title Perspektiven der Analytischen Philosophie / Perspectives in Analytical Philosophy Series
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