The Ethics of Creativity

by Henning, Brian G.

• ISBN13: 9780822942719
• ISBN10: 0822942712
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-11-28
• Publisher: Univ of Pittsburgh Pr

Summary

"Brian G. Henning argues that the process philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead has the potential to make a significant contribution to environmental ethics. Additionally inspired by classical American philosophers such as William James, John Dewey, and Charles Sanders Peirce and environmental philosophers such as Aldo Leopold, Peter Singer, Albert Schweitzer, and Arne Naess, Henning develops an ethical theory that brings fresh perspectives to both environmental ethics and process philosophy." "By systematically developing a conception of individuality that embraces equally the microscopic world of subatomic events and the macroscopic world of ecosystems, The Ethics of Creativity correctly emphasizes the well-being of wholes, while not losing sight of the importance of the unique centers of value that constitute these wholes."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Brian G. Henning is assistant professor of philosophy at Mount St. Mary's University.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction	1	(10)
PART 1 A PROCESSIVE, KALOGENIC COSMOS
Chapter 1: From Mechanism to Organism	11	(30)
Chapter 2: An Ecstatic Axiology	41	(25)
Chapter 3: An Organic Model of Individuality	66	(33)
Chapter 4: Process as Kalogenic	99	(26)
PART 2 A GENUINE ETHICAL UNIVERSE
Chapter 5: A Whiteheadian Aesthetics of Morals	125	(25)
Chapter 6: Beyond the Ideal	150	(23)
Chapter 7: The Promise of a Kalocentric World view	173	(18)
Notes	191	(36)
Bibliography	227	(14)
Index	241