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What is The Ethics of Nature (New Dimensions to Religious Ethics) about?

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. Content: Chapter 1 Introduction: The Recovery of Virtue for an Ethics of Nature (pages 1–28): Chapter 2 Environmental Ethics (pages 29–53): Chapter 3 Animal Ethics (pages 54–85): Chapter 4 The Ethics of Biotechnology (pages 86–110): Chapter 5 The Ethics of Cloning (pages 111–135): Chapter 6 Psychology and Moral Agency

Who reads The Ethics of Nature (New Dimensions to Religious Ethics)?

Author

Deane-Drummond, Celia E. (editor)

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing Limited

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9780470775240

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Nature, Religion, Philosophy