Environmental ethics : intercultural perspectives / edited by King-Tak Ip.

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Ip, King-Tak

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TextSeries: Value inquiry book series ; v. 205. | Value inquiry book series. Studies in applied ethics.Publication details: Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2009.Description: 1 online resource (178 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9789042025950
9042025956
9781441617033
1441617035
9789042029231
9042029234

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Environmental ethics.DDC classification:

179.1 22

LOC classification:

GE42 .E575 2009eb

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Contents:

The normative side of nature / Robert Elliot -- Je suis le grand tout : respect for nature in the age of environmental responsibility / Gerhold K. Becker -- Environmental ethics : an aesthetic approach / Ingmar Persson -- Empirical environmental ethics / Y.S. Lo -- Perils and dangers : climate change and theological issues / Michael S. Northcott -- Global ethics, environmentally applied : an Islamic view / Anis Ahmad -- In search of an environmental ethics in early Buddhism / Jonathan Chan -- Healing and the Earth : Daoist cultivation in comparative perspective / Livia Kohn.

Summary: This book shows that environmental protection is a global concern that must enlist all of humanity¿s cultural, religious, and moral resources. The nine essays in this volume explore the foundations of environmental ethics in the Western philosophical tradition as well as from the perspectives of Christianity, Islam, Daoism, and Buddhism and propose morally responsible attitudes towards nature and the environment.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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This book shows that environmental protection is a global concern that must enlist all of humanity¿s cultural, religious, and moral resources. The nine essays in this volume explore the foundations of environmental ethics in the Western philosophical tradition as well as from the perspectives of Christianity, Islam, Daoism, and Buddhism and propose morally responsible attitudes towards nature and the environment.

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