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Earth Summit Ethics: Toward a Reconstructive Postmodern Philosophy of Environmental Education (SUNY Series in Constructive Postmodern Thought) (Suny Constructive Postmodern Thought) by Callicott, J. Baird; Rocha, Fernando J. R. da, 1943- is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Earth Summit Ethics: Toward a Reconstructive Postmodern Philosophy of Environmental Education (SUNY Series in Constructive Postmodern Thought) (Suny Constructive Postmodern Thought) about?

An international group of environmental philosophers and educators propose ways universities can produce and promote ecological literacy and environmental ethics.On the eve of the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Fernando J. R. da Rocha challenged environmental philosophers to suggest and develop effective ways in which universities might engender ecological literacy and environmental ethics. The result was a preconference held in Porto Alegre, Brazil, whose aim was to put the summit in philosophical perspective, influence its outcome, and chart a new course, linking environment and ethics through university education.This book is an outgrowth of the Porto Alegre conference, and the international environmental philosophers and educators represented here inaugurate a constructive dialogue that will continue well into the twenty-first century. Among the contributors to the volume are environmental philosophers Andrew Brennan, J. Baird Callicott, Fernando J. R. da Rocha, and Holmes Ralston, III, and education theorists Peter Madsen and John Lemons. In addition, the book introduces English-language readers to the work of French philosopher Catherine Larrere, Spanish philosopher Nic

Author

Callicott, J. Baird; Rocha, Fernando J. R. da, 1943-

Publisher

New York: State University of New York Press

Published

1996

Language

EN

ISBN

9780791430538

Subjects

Philosophy, Science, Anthropology