Environmental Ethics, Ecological Theology, and Natural Selection

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Book Title
Environmental Ethics, Ecological Theology, and Natural Selection
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9780231126601
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Publisher
Columbia University Press
ISBN-10
0231126603
ISBN-13
9780231126601
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2428177

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
328 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Environmental Ethics, Ecological Theology, and Natural Selection : Suffering and Responsibility
Subject
Life Sciences / Ecology, Philosophy & Social Aspects, Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Life Sciences / Evolution, Ecology
Publication Year
2003
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Nature, Philosophy, Science
Author
Lisa Sideris
Series
Columbia Series in Science and Religion Ser.
Format
Hardcover

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0.1 in
Item Weight
20.2 Oz
Item Length
0.9 in
Item Width
0.6 in

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Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2002-041713
Reviews
This book offers a detailed, thoughtful exploration of alternative scientific and theological conceptions of the environment., "This book offers a detailed, thoughtful exploration of alternative scientific and theological conceptions of the environment." -- Amy K. Wolfe, Environment, "This critique ought to generate debate and responses...for the questions it asks are crucial to our common project." -- Anna L. Peterson, Environmental Ethics, "There is much to commend in this admirably clear and readable book." -- Michael S. Northcot, Ecotheology, Readers of this journal should pay special attention to a book such as this. It is as clear a demonstration as exists of the import of scientific theorizing and the fusion between the culture of the sciences and that of the humanities., This critique ought to generate debate and responses...for the questions it asks are crucial to our common project., "Readers of this journal should pay special attention to a book such as this. It is as clear a demonstration as exists of the import of scientific theorizing and the fusion between the culture of the sciences and that of the humanities." -- Michael P. Nelson, University of Idaho, Environmental Conservation, "Sideris's book is an invaluable contribution to ecotheology and environmental ethics.... well worth careful study." -- Mike Kraftson-Hogue, Journal of Religion
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Table Of Content
Introduction This View of Life: The Significance of Evolutionary Theory For Environmental Ethics The Best of All Possible Worlds: Ecofeminist Views of Nature and Ethics The Ecological Model and the Reanimation of Nature Darwinian Equality for All: Secular Views of Animal Rights and Liberation Philosophical and Theological Critiques of Ecological Theology: Broadening Environmental Ethics from Ecocentric and Theocentric Perspectives A Comprehensive Naturalized Ethic Conclusion
Synopsis
Lisa Sideris proposes a new way of thinking about the natural world, an environmental ethic that incorporates the ideas of natural selection and values the processes rather than the products of nature. Such an approach encourages us to take a minimally interventionist approach to nature. Only when the competitive realities of evolution are faced squarely, Sideris argues, can we generate practical environmental principles to deal with such issues as species extinction and the relationship between suffering and sentience., In the last few decades, religious and secular thinkers have tackled the world's escalating environmental crisis by attempting to develop an ecological ethic that is both scientifically accurate and free of human-centered preconceptions. This groundbreaking study shows that many of these environmental ethicists continue to model their positions on romantic, pre-Darwinian concepts that disregard the predatory and cruelly competitive realities of the natural world. Examining the work of such influential thinkers as James Gustafson, Sallie McFague, Rosemary Radford Ruether, John Cobb, Peter Singer, and Holmes Rolston, Sideris proposes a more realistic ethic that combines evolutionary theory with theological insight, advocates a minimally interventionist stance toward nature, and values the processes over the products of the natural world.
LC Classification Number
GE42.S43 2003

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