The Environment
Synopsis
Philosophical reflections on the environment began with early philosophers' invocation of a cosmology that mixed natural and supernatural phenomena. Today, the central philosophical problem posed by the environment involves not what it can teach us about ourselves and our place in the cosmic order but rather how we can understand its workings in order to make better decisions about our own conduct regarding it. The resulting inquiry spans different areas of contemporary philosophy, many of which are represented by the fifteen original essays in this volume. The contributors first consider conceptual problems generated by rapid advances in biology and ecology, examining such topics as ecological communities, adaptation, and scientific consensus. The contributors then turn to epistemic and axiological issues, first considering philosophical aspects of environmental decision making and then assessing particular environmental policies (largely relating to climate change), including reparations, remediation, and nuclear power, from a normative perspective.
- कॉपीराइट:
- 2008 The MIT Press
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- ISBN-13:
- 9780262017404
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
- Date of Addition:
- 2012-04-30T22:22:12Z
- भाषा:
- English
- श्रेणी:
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.