An Invitation to Environmental Philosophy / Edition 1

by Anthony Weston, David Abram, Jim Cheney, Val Plumwood, Holmes Rolston

Overview

Brief, inviting, and provocative, this book is a perfect introduction to the burgeoning field of environmental ethics. It animates the basic questions, tells compelling stories, and offers a range of philosophical responses as complementary—not antagonistic—exploratory strategies vital to this growing topic. The book is built around five individually authored chapters, each a representative contribution by a major author in the field. Each chapter covers a central topic in environmental ethics in a somewhat different style. An epilogue offers both a bibliographical guide to these topics and many related issues and a practical guide to environmental action.
An Invitation to Environmental Philosophy is an ideal text for courses in environmental ethics and environmental philosophy and an intriguing and rich supplement to a general ethics course, as well as a bridge into the academic literature in environmental philosophy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195122046
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	10/15/1998
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	8.27(w) x 5.54(h) x 0.65(d)

About the Author

Elon College

Table of Contents

AcknowledgmentsIntroduction, Anthony Weston1. A More-Than-Human World, David Abram2. Is it Too Late?, Anthony Weston3. Paths Beyond Human-Centeredness: Lessons from Liberation Struggles, Val Plumwood4. Ethics on the Home Planet, Holmes Rolston, III5. The Journey Home, Jim CheneyEpilogue: Going On, Anthony Weston