Beyond the Land Ethic

by Callicott, J. Baird

• ISBN13: 9780791440841
• ISBN10: 0791440842
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-06-01
• Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction: Compass Points in Environmental Philosophy	1	(26)
I PRACTICING ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS
Environmental Philosophy Is Environmental Activism: The Most Radical and Effective Kind	27	(18)
How Environmental Ethical Theory May Be Put into Practice	45	(14)
Holistic Environment Ethics and the Problem of Ecofascism	59	(20)
II THE CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS OF THE LAND AND ETHIC REVISITED
Just the Facts, Ma'am	79	(20)
Can a Theory of Moral Sentiments Support a Genuinely Normative Environmental Ethic?	99	(18)
Do Deconstructive Ecology and Sociobiology Undermine the Leopold Land Ethic?	117	(26)
III MORAL MONISM VERSUS MORAL PLURALISM
The Case against Moral Pluralism	143	(28)
Moral Monism in Environmental Ethics Defended	171	(16)
IV NATURE'S INTRINSIC VALUE
Genesis and John Muir	187	(34)
Rolston on Intrinsic Value: A Deconstruction	221	(18)
Intrinsic Value in Nature: A Metaethical Analysis	239	(26)
V ECOLOGICAL METAPHYSICS IN AGRICULTURE, MEDICINE, AND TECHNOLOGY
The Metaphysical Transition in Farming: From the Newtonian-Mechanical to the Eltonian-Ecological	265	(18)
Environmental Wellness	283	(18)
After the Industrial Paradigm, What?	301	(20)
VI TOWARD A NEW PHILOSOPHY OF CONSERVATION
Whither Conservation Ethics?	321	(12)
Aldo Leopold's Concept of Ecosystem Health	333	(14)
The Value of Ecosystem Health	347	(18)
Ecological Sustainability as a Conservation Concept	365	(16)
Bibliography	381	(20)
Index	401