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Written by one of the instrumental figures in environmental ethics, Nature as Subject traces the development of an ethical policy that is centered not on human beings, but on itself. Katz applies this idea to contemporary environmental problems, introducing themes of justice, domination, imperialism, and the Holocaust. This volume will stand as a foundational work for environmental scholars, government and industry policy makers, activists, and students in advanced philosophy and environmental studies courses.
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This is a unique, fine, and needed volume. Though there are literally hundreds, perhaps even thousands, of books documenting critical needs to preserve environments, some identifying the loss of many species and others presenting apocalyptic warnings about the world's ecosystems, there are too few devoted to environmental ethics and philosophy topics. Katz's educational background and scholarship are excellent preparation for these 16 philosophical essays, written over a 17-year period, 1979-1996. Integral to the essays, the introductory chapter is an intellectual history relevant to environmental ethics, the concept of moral concerns for nature's world systems, and nature's autonomy. The essays are clustered into four areas: the moral concerns of nature; restoration and domination; justice, genocide, and the environment; and history and tradition. Katz is deeply committed to nonanthropocentric, holistic concepts; he offers a moral approach to all natures, perhaps even a sanctity transcending any utilitarian, economic, or humanly beneficial purpose. The reader will be moved well beyond the ordinarily repetitively treated environmental issues of saving a particular organism, recycling, or saving a river or a rain forest. Readers will need some background in philosophy and/or ethics. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals. J. N. Muzio; CUNY Kingsborough Community College
Table des matières
Foreword | p. ix |
Acknowledgments | p. xi |
Introduction | p. xv |
Notes on the Texts | p. xxix |
1 Utilitarianism and Preservation | p. 3 |
2 Is There a Place for Animals in the Moral Consideration of Nature? | p. 13 |
3 Organism, Community, and the """"Substitution Problem"""" | p. 33 |
4 Buffalo-Killing and the Valuation of Species | p. 53 |
5 Searching for Intrinsic Value: Pragmatism and Despair in Environmental Ethics | p. 65 |
6 Defending the Use of Animals by Business: Animal Liberation and Environmental Ethics | p. 79 |
7 The Big Lie: Human Restoration of Nature | p. 93 |
8 The Call of the Wild: the Struggle against Domination and the Technological Fix of Nature | p. 109 |
9 Artifacts and Functions: a Note on the Value of Nature | p. 121 |
10 Imperialism and Environmentalism | p. 133 |
11 Moving beyond Anthropocentrism: Environmental Ethics, Development, and the Amazon | p. 149 |
12 Biodiversity and Ecological Justice | p. 163 |
13 The Death of Nature: First Thoughts on Ecocide and Genocide | p. 179 |
14 Nature's Presence: Reflections on Healing and Domination | p. 189 |
15 Judaism and the Ecological Crisis | p. 205 |
16 The Traditional Ethics of Natural Resources Management | p. 221 |
Bibliography | p. 239 |
Index | p. 247 |