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Columbia Series in Science and Religion Ser.: Environmental Ethics, Ecological Theology, and Natural Selection : Suffering and Responsibility by Lisa Sideris (2003, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherColumbia University Press
ISBN-100231126603
ISBN-139780231126601
eBay Product ID (ePID)2428177
Product Key Features
Number of Pages328 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameEnvironmental Ethics, Ecological Theology, and Natural Selection : Suffering and Responsibility
SubjectLife Sciences / Ecology, Philosophy & Social Aspects, Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Life Sciences / Evolution, Ecology
Publication Year2003
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaNature, Philosophy, Science
AuthorLisa Sideris
SeriesColumbia Series in Science and Religion Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.1 in
Item Weight20.2 Oz
Item Length0.9 in
Item Width0.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2002-041713
ReviewsThis book offers a detailed, thoughtful exploration of alternative scientific and theological conceptions of the environment., "This book offers a detailed, thoughtful exploration of alternative scientific and theological conceptions of the environment." -- Amy K. Wolfe, Environment, "This critique ought to generate debate and responses...for the questions it asks are crucial to our common project." -- Anna L. Peterson, Environmental Ethics, "There is much to commend in this admirably clear and readable book." -- Michael S. Northcot, Ecotheology, Readers of this journal should pay special attention to a book such as this. It is as clear a demonstration as exists of the import of scientific theorizing and the fusion between the culture of the sciences and that of the humanities., This critique ought to generate debate and responses...for the questions it asks are crucial to our common project., "Readers of this journal should pay special attention to a book such as this. It is as clear a demonstration as exists of the import of scientific theorizing and the fusion between the culture of the sciences and that of the humanities." -- Michael P. Nelson, University of Idaho, Environmental Conservation, "Sideris's book is an invaluable contribution to ecotheology and environmental ethics.... well worth careful study." -- Mike Kraftson-Hogue, Journal of Religion
Grade FromCollege Graduate Student
Table Of ContentIntroduction This View of Life: The Significance of Evolutionary Theory For Environmental Ethics The Best of All Possible Worlds: Ecofeminist Views of Nature and Ethics The Ecological Model and the Reanimation of Nature Darwinian Equality for All: Secular Views of Animal Rights and Liberation Philosophical and Theological Critiques of Ecological Theology: Broadening Environmental Ethics from Ecocentric and Theocentric Perspectives A Comprehensive Naturalized Ethic Conclusion
SynopsisLisa Sideris proposes a new way of thinking about the natural world, an environmental ethic that incorporates the ideas of natural selection and values the processes rather than the products of nature. Such an approach encourages us to take a minimally interventionist approach to nature. Only when the competitive realities of evolution are faced squarely, Sideris argues, can we generate practical environmental principles to deal with such issues as species extinction and the relationship between suffering and sentience., In the last few decades, religious and secular thinkers have tackled the world's escalating environmental crisis by attempting to develop an ecological ethic that is both scientifically accurate and free of human-centered preconceptions. This groundbreaking study shows that many of these environmental ethicists continue to model their positions on romantic, pre-Darwinian concepts that disregard the predatory and cruelly competitive realities of the natural world. Examining the work of such influential thinkers as James Gustafson, Sallie McFague, Rosemary Radford Ruether, John Cobb, Peter Singer, and Holmes Rolston, Sideris proposes a more realistic ethic that combines evolutionary theory with theological insight, advocates a minimally interventionist stance toward nature, and values the processes over the products of the natural world.
LC Classification NumberGE42.S43 2003
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