The Animal Rights/Environmental Ethics Debate: The Environmental Perspective / Edition 1

by Eugene C. Hargrove

Overview

Eugene C. Hargrove is Editor of Environmental Ethics and Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religion Studies at the University of North Texas, Denton.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780791409343
Publisher:	State University of New York Press
Publication date:	07/01/1992
Series:	SUNY series in Philosophy and Biology
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	273
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Eugene C. Hargrove is Editor of Environmental Ethics and Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religion Studies at the University of North Texas, Denton.

Table of Contents

Preface / Animal Welfare Ethics "versus" Environmental Ethics: The Problem of Sentient Life

Acknowledgments

1. Self-Consciousness and the Right of Nonhuman Animals and Nature
Richard A. Watson

2. Animal Liberation: A Triangle Affair
J. Baird Callicott

3. Environmental Ethics and Nonhuman Rights
Bryan G. Norton

4. The Ethics of Respect for Nature
Paul W. Taylor

5. The Significance of Species
Mary Midgley

6. Moral Considerability and Extraterrestrial Life
J. Baird Callicott

7. Foundations of Wildlife Protection Attitudes
Eugene C. Hargrove

8. The Rights of the Nonhuman World
Mary Anne Warren

9. The Miced Community
Mary Midgley

10. Taking Sympathy Seriously: A Defense of Our Moral Psychology Toward Animals
John A. Fisher

11. Animal Liberation and Environmental Ethics: Back Together Again
J. Baird Callicott

Index

Editorial Reviews

"This book traces the Animal Rights/Environmental Ethics dispute through the key steps of its history, in the form of the most important original articles, and points the way to a resolution. It is useful to the scholar interested in the animal rights issue and it is appropriate as a textbook in a course in Environmental Ethics at any level, from beginning to graduate. For the beginner, it teaches the key issues in non-technical language and for the scholar it traces the history of an important dispute and clearly distinguishes basic ideas in their historical context."— Donald C. Lee, University of New Mexico

"The best thing about this book is that it brings together (for the first time) the most important articles concerning the debate between animal rights and environmental ethics. A wide variety of views is represented, which provides significant amounts of material for classroom discussion." — Eric Katz, New Jersey Institute of Technology

From the Publisher

Reprints 11 articles and chapters of books that document the environmental ethics view of the animal-rights movement, exploring whether animal welfare considerations can provide a basis for an environmental ethic. Offered as a view of wildlife to complement (and challenge at times) the animal-rights literature, which focuses on domestic animals and subjects of experiments. Paper edition (unseen), $14.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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