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In this study, Clare Palmer challenges the belief that the process thinking of writers like A.N. Whitehead and Charles Hartshorne has offered an unambiguously positive contribution to environmental ethics. She compares process ethics to a variety of other forms of environmental ethics, as well as ...

In this study, Clare Palmer challenges the belief that the process thinking of writers like A.N. Whitehead and Charles Hartshorne has offered an unambiguously positive contribution to environmental ethics. She compares process ethics to a variety of other forms of environmental ethics, as well as deep ecology, and reveals a number of difficulties associated with process thinking about the environment.

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 ...

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.

This book offers a powerful response to what Varner calls the "two dogmas of environmental ethics"--the assumptions that animal rights philosophies and anthropocentric views are each antithetical to sound environmental policy. Allowing that every living organism has interests which ought, other ...

This book offers a powerful response to what Varner calls the "two dogmas of environmental ethics"--the assumptions that animal rights philosophies and anthropocentric views are each antithetical to sound environmental policy. Allowing that every living organism has interests which ought, other things being equal, to be protected, Varner contends that some interests take priority over others. He defends both a sentientist principle giving priority to the lives of organisms with conscious desires and an anthropocentric principle giving priority to certain very inclusive interests which only humans have. He then shows that these principles not only comport with but provide significant support for environmental goals.

"["Being Human] is one of the few books that begins to integrate theological narratives with scientific ones, looking for a compelling correlation between them where modern and religious sensibilities might both be affirmed. This is a unique work."--Bron Taylor, Professor and Director of ...

"["Being Human] is one of the few books that begins to integrate theological narratives with scientific ones, looking for a compelling correlation between them where modern and religious sensibilities might both be affirmed. This is a unique work."--Bron Taylor, Professor and Director of Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, and author of "Ecological Resistance Movements: The Global Emergence of Radical and Popular Environmentalism.

""Being Human succeeds at accounting for people's conception of humaness and human's relationship with nature--no easy task, but one that is a crucial starting point for any discussion of environmental ethics."--Kay Read, Associate Professor of Comparative Ethics and Native American Religions, DePaul University, and author of "Time and Sacrifice in the Aztec Cosmos

"Anna Peterson's "Being Human is a stellar work of integration. Peterson argues that the ideology of human exceptionalism and disconnection from the rest of nature is a major source of social and ecological harm. She draws together cultural constructionist, Asian, Native American, feminist and evolutionary thought to present a view of the human as both an integral part of nature and a creator of culture, called to develop an ethic of interrelationality for the sake of the wellbeing of the whole earth community."--Rosemary Radford Ruether, Garrett Theological Center, author of "Gaia and God: An Ecofeminist Theology of Earth Healing.

"In the postmodern academic climate of slice-and-dice, take-no-prisoners 'analysis, ' and 'critical theory, ' Anna Peterson's book is a welcome breath of fresh air. She positions her discussion as a development of--rather than a deconstructivetriumph over--earlier work in the field of environmental philosophy. Peterson takes up the themes that are absolutely central to the field--the nature of nature, human nature, and the appropriate relationship between the tw