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Explores how humans can take the lives of animals and plants while maintaining a proper respect both for ecosystems and for those who live in them.

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Author:   J. Claude Evans ,  John Van Buren ,  J. Baird Callicott
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.535kg
ISBN:  

9780791464434

ISBN 10:   0791464431
Pages:   314
Publication Date:   26 May 2005
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock  
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Table of Contents

PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS DEDICATION PART I: R*E*S*P*E*C*T: Finding Out What It Means ... 1 The Challenge of Animal Rights and Animal Liberation Philosophy PART II: Albert Schweitzer: The Principle of Reverence for Life 2 Albert Schweitzer's Philosophy of Reverence for Life 3 Critical Examination of Schweitzer's Ethics of Reverence for Life PART III: Paul Taylor's Ethics of Respect for Nature 4 The Biocentric Ethics of Paul Taylor 5 Critical Analysis of Taylor's Philosophy of Respect for Nature PART IV: Respect for Nature and Biocentric Anthropocentrism 6 Biocentric Anthropocentrism 7 Toward a Philosophy of the Hunt PART V: The Ethics of Catch and Release Fishing 8 Fishing for Fish versus Fishing for Pleasure: A. A. Luce and the Ethics of Catch and Release Fishing 9 The Practice of Catch and Release Fishing APPENDIX: Faith, Reason, and Animal Welfare NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX

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J. Claude Evans is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Environmental Studies at Washington University and is the author of several books, including Strategies of Deconstruction: Derrida and the Myth of the Voice.

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