The environment [ philosophy, science, and ethics
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| Format: | Electronic Conference Proceeding Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
MIT Press ,
c2012
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| Series: | Topics in contemporary philosophy
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Table of Contents:
- 1. The environment : how to understand it and what to do about it
- 2. The concept of the environment in evolutionary theory
- 3. What if ecological communities are not wholes?
- 4. The environment, from a behavioral perspective
- 5. Systems theory and the new ecophilosophy
- 6. Situated adaptationism
- 7. Thinking ecologically : the legacy of Rachel Carson
- 8. Climate, consensus, and contrarians
- 9. Nature as the school of the moral world : Kant on taking an interest in natural beauty
- 10. Precaution has its reasons
- 11. Add to cart? environmental "amenities" and cost-benefit analysis
- 12. Can we, and should we, make reparation to "nature"?
- 13. Getting the bad out : remediation technologies and respect for others
- 14. Emissions, economics, and equity : problems with nuclear solutions to climate change
- 15. On the need for front-line climate ethi