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- Book Title
- Greening Philosophy: A Fresh Introduction to the Field
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Publisher
Kendall Hunt Publishing Company
ISBN-10
1465215107
ISBN-13
9781465215109
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169534395
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Number of Pages
277 Pages
Publication Name
Greening Philosophy : a Fresh Introduction to the Field
Language
English
Publication Year
2013
Subject
General
Features
Revised
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Social Science
Format
Print, Other
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27.3 Oz
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College Audience
Edition Description
Revised edition
Table Of Content
Unit One - The Examined Life Introduction Philosophy''s Origin Story Plato, ""Allegory of the Cave"" from Republic (c. 380 B.C.E.) Classical Educational Philosophy Friedrich Nietzsche, from On the Future of Our Educational Institutions (1872) Pragmatic Educational Philosophy David Orr, ""What is Education For?"" (1991) Debate: What educational philosophy best insures the good life? The Examined Life: Gadfly Plato, Apology (c. 399-387 B.C.E.) The Unexamined Life: Sophist Plato, from Republic (c. 380-360 B.C.E.) Think: Is Al Gore a gad?y seeking to reveal an inconvenient truth or a sophist playing to win? Al Gore, Our Purpose: The Nobel Peace Prize Lecture 2007 Debate: Is the unexamined life worth living? Unit Two - Reality Introduction to Greening Metaphysics Soul: Transcendent Plato, from Phaedo (c. 380-360 B.C.E.) Soul: Immanent, Teleological Artistotle, from De Anima (ca. 350 B.C.E.) Monotheism: Cosmological Argument Thomas Aquinas, from Summa Theologica (1273) Critic of Monotheism Lynn White, from ""The Historical Roots of Our Ecological Crisis"" (1967) Dualism Rene Descartes, from Meditations on First Philosophy (1641) Rene Descartes, from A Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting the Reason, and Seeking Truth in the Sciences (1637) Monism Charles Darwin, from On the Origin of the Species (1859) Daniel C. Dennett, from Darwin''s Dangerous Idea (1995) Fritjof Capra, from ""The New Physics"" in The Turning Point (1982) Nihilism: Existentialism Friedrich Nietzsche, from ""What is Noble?"" in Beyond Good and Evil (1886) Friedrich Nietzsche, from The Gay Science (1887) Jean-Paul Sartre, from Nausea (1938) Debate: What is the nature of reality? Unit Three - Knowledge Introduction to Greening Epistemology Teleological Explanation Aristotle''s from Physics (ca. 350 B.C.E.) Objectivity: Rationalism Rene Descartes, from Meditations on First Philosophy (1641) Rene Descartes, from A Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting the Reason, and Seeking Truth in the Sciences Objectivity: Empiricism John Locke, from Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1690) Skepticism David Hume, from An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (1748) Robert Kirkman, ""The Nature of Nature"" in Skeptical Environmentalism (2002) Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, from The German Ideology (1845-6) Subectivity & Intersubjectivity Friedrich Nietzsche, ""The Will to Power as Knowledge"" in The Will to Power (1901) Friedrich Nietzsche, from Genealogy of Morals (1887) David Abram, from Spell of the Sensuous (1996) Val Plumwood, from ""Rationalism and the Ambiguity of Science"" in Environmental Culture (2002) John Dryzek, ""Green Reason: Communicative Ethics for the Biosphere"" (1990) Debate: What is the best way to know the truth about reality? Unit Four - Values Introduction: Greening Global Citizenship Global Predicament Garrett Hardin, ""The Tragedy of the Commons"" (1968) Mary Midgley, ""The Wider Perspective"" in The Solitary Self (2010) Cosmopolitanism Kant, from Perpetual Peace (1795) United Nations Declaration of Human Rights (1948) The Earth Charter (2000) Cosmopolitan Advocates Leonardo Boff, ""The Ethic of Care"" (2008) Aldo Leopold, ""The Land Ethic"" in A Sand County Almanac (1966) Peter Singer, ""All Animals Are Equal"" (1989) Cosmopolitan Critics Victoria Davion, ""Ecofeminism, Integrity, and the Earth Charter: A Critical Analysis"" (2002) Vandana Shiva, ""The Greening of the Global Reach"" (1993) Sherilyn MacGregor, ""Reading the Earth Charter: Cosmopolitan Environmental Citizenship or Light Green Politics as Usual?"" (2004) Partick Curry, ""Moral Pluralism and Pragmatism"" in Ecological Ethics (2006) Debate: Is ""global citizenship"" the best way forward in the 21st century?
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New Revised Printing Now Available! Greening Philosophy: A Fresh Introduction to the Field is part of an emergent project in higher education called ""greening the curriculum,"" the goal of which is to incorporate environmental awareness, or ecological literacy, into existing courses without changing the primary objectives of those courses. Greening Philosophy: A Fresh Introduction to the Field introduces the field of philosophy by way of classic and contemporary readings. This reader offers the reader an opportunity to learn philosophy and at the same time to cultivate an environmental consciousness for global citizenship. If students today are going to meet the challenges of the twenty- first century they will need a rich understanding of the knowledge, reality, and ethics behind sustainability as well as the opportunity to debate the merits of becoming a global citizen. Using this textbook for an introductory philosophy course qualifies that course to be counted as ""sustainability-related"" in the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS®) administered by the Association for the Advancement for Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). This product includes a print textbook and access to the accompanying web component of this program. Click Here to purchase access to the web component ONLY (no textbook)., Introduces the field of philosophy by way of classic and contemporary readings. This reader offers the opportunity to learn philosophy and at the same time to cultivate an environmental consciousness for global citizenship.
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