The environment : philosophy, science, and ethics
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The environment : philosophy, science, and ethics
（Topics in contemporary philosophy）
MIT Press, c2012
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"Earlier versions of the essays in this volume were presented at the twelfth annual Inland Northwest Philosophy Conference (INPC), held in May of 2009 Pullman, Washington and Moscow, Idaho."--Acknowledgments
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Original essays by leading scholars consider the environment from biological and ethical perspectives.
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.
Contributors
Katie McShane, Robert Brandon, Rachel Bryant, Michael Trestman, Brian Steverson, Denis Walsh, Lorraine Code, Jay Odenbaugh, Joseph Cannon, Mariam Thalos, Chrisoula Andreou, Clare Palmer, Ben Hale, Kristin Shrader-Frechette, Andrew Light
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