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The Spirit of the Soil: Agriculture and Environmental Ethics
By Paul B. Thompson
208 pages
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- Routledge
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- New York
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- 1995
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Synopsis
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 different philosophical priorities; productionism, stewardship, economics and holism. He examines current issues such as the use of pesticides and biotechnology from these ethical perspectives. This book achieves an open-ended account of sustainability designed to minimise hubris and help us to recapture ...
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 different philosophical priorities; productionism, stewardship, economics and holism. He examines current issues such as the use of pesticides and biotechnology from these ethical perspectives. This book achieves an open-ended account of sustainability designed to minimise hubris and help us to recapture the spirit of the soil.
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Table of contents
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- Title Page iii
- Contents vii
- Preface ix
- Acknowledgments xi
- 1 - The Ethics of Soil 1
- 2 - The Environmental Critics of Agriculture 21
- 3 - The Productionist Paradigm 47
- 4 - Agricultural Stewardship and the Good Farmer 72
- 5 - Calculating the True Cost of Food 94
- 6 - The Holistic Alternative 118
- 7 - Sustainable Agriculture 147
- Notes 173
- Bibliography 180
- Index 193