Ecology, community, and lifestyle: outline of an ecosophy

The basic thesis of the work is that environmental problems are only to be solved by people - people who will be required to make value judgements in conflicts that go beyond narrowly conceived human concerns. Thus people require not only an ethical system, but a way of conceiving the world and them...

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Main Author: Næss, Arne (Author)
Other Authors: Rothenberg, David 1962- (Editor, Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1989
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Summary:The basic thesis of the work is that environmental problems are only to be solved by people - people who will be required to make value judgements in conflicts that go beyond narrowly conceived human concerns. Thus people require not only an ethical system, but a way of conceiving the world and themselves such that the intrinsic value of life and nature is obvious, a system based on 'deep ecological principles'. The book encourages readers to identify their own series of such parameters - their own ecosophies. Ecology, Comunity and Lifestyle will appeal to philosophers, specialists working on environmental issues, and the more general reader who is interested in learning some of the foundational ideas of the rapidly expanding field of environmental philosophy
Item Description:This work contains translations of some parts of the fifth edition of Økologi, samfunn, og livsstil. - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 223 pages)
ISBN:9780511525599
DOI:10.1017/CBO9780511525599

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