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Author:   Eric Katz ,  Andrew Light
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.476kg
ISBN:  

9780415122375

ISBN 10:   0415122376
Pages:   372
Publication Date:   07 March 1996
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction, Andrew Light, Eric Katz; Part 1 Environmental Thought and Classical American Philosophy; Chapter 1 Pragmatism and Environmental Thought, Kelly A. Parker; Chapter 2 How Pragmatism is an Environmental Ethic, Sandra B. Rosenthal, Rogene A. Buchholz; Chapter 3 Nature as Culture, Larry A. Hickman; Chapter 4 The Environmental Value in G. H. Mead’s Cosmology, Ari Santas; Chapter 5 The Constancy of Leopold’s Land Ethic, Bryan G. Norton; Part 2 Pragmatist Theory and Environmental Philosphy; Chapter 6 Integration or Reduction, Bryan G. Norton; Chapter 7 Before Environmental Ethics, Anthony Weston; Chapter 8 Compatibilism in Political Ecology, Andrew Light; Part 3 Pragmatist Approaches To Environmental Problems; Chapter 9 Pragmatism and Policy, Paul B. Thompson; Chapter 10 Towards a Pragmatic Approach to Definition, Edward Schiappa; Chapter 11 A Pluralistic, Pragmatic and Evolutionary Approach to Natural Resource Management, Emery N. Castle; Chapter 12 Laws of Nature VS. Laws of Respect, David Rothenberg; Chapter 13 Teaching Environmental Ethics as a Method of Conflict Management, Gary E. Varner, Susan J. Gilbertz, Tarla Rai Peterson; Part 4 Environmental Pragmatism; Chapter 14 Beyond Intrinsic Value, Anthony Weston; Chapter 15 Searching for Intrinsic Value, Eric Katz; Chapter 16 Unfair to Swamps, Anthony Weston, Eric Katz; Chapter 17 Environmental Pragmatism as Philosophy or Metaphilosophy?, Andrew Light;

Reviews

"""""Envrionmental Pragmatism able succeed at showing how the pragmatist strategy can be employed to criticize the standard approach in enviromental ethics.."" -""Internation Philosophical Quarterly, March 1998 Vol. XXXVIII, No. 1 Issue No. 149 ...""useful for both teaching and research purposes."" -""Ethics and the Environment ...""a fascinating overview."" -""Choice"

Envrionmental Pragmatism able succeed at showing how the pragmatist strategy can be employed to criticize the standard approach in enviromental ethics.. - Internation Philosophical Quarterly, March 1998 Vol. XXXVIII, No. 1 Issue No. 149 ... useful for both teaching and research purposes. - Ethics and the Environment ... a fascinating overview. - Choice

Envrionmental Pragmatism able succeed at showing how the pragmatist strategy can be employed to criticize the standard approach in enviromental ethics.. <br>- Internation Philosophical Quarterly, March 1998 Vol. XXXVIII, No. 1 Issue No. 149 <br>... useful for both teaching and research purposes. <br>- Ethics and the Environment <br>... a fascinating overview. <br>- Choice <br>

Author Information

Andrew Light is a research fellow in the Environmental Health Program and adjunct professor of philosophy at the University of Alberta, Canada., Eric Katz is Director of the Science, Technology and Society Program at the New Jersey Institute of Technology.

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