The Ethics of NatureISBN: 978-0-631-22938-4
Paperback
272 pages
January 2004, Wiley-Blackwell
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This accessible and timely book uses a Christian perspective to
explore ethical debates about nature.
- A detailed exploration of humanity’s treatment of the
natural world from a Christian perspective.
- Covers a range of ethical debates, including current
controversies about the environment, animal rights, biotechnology,
consciousness, and cloning.
- Sets the immediate issues in the context of underlying
theological and philosophical assumptions.
- Complex scientific issues are explained in clear
student-friendly language.
- The author develops her own distinctive ethical approach
centred on the practice of wisdom.
- Discusses key figures in the field, including Peter Singer,
Aldo Leopold, Tom Regan, Andrew Linzey, James Lovelock, Anne
Primavesi, Rosemary Radford Ruether, and Michael Northcott.
- The author has held academic posts in both theology and plant science.
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