Nature Ethics - An Ecofeminist Perspective (Paperback)

In Nature Ethics: An Ecofeminist Perspective, Marti Kheel explores the underlying worldview of nature ethics, offering an alternative ecofeminist perspective. She focuses on four prominent representatives of holist philosophy: two early conservationists (Theodore Roosevelt and Aldo Leopold) and two contemporary philosophers (Holmes Rolston III, and transpersonal ecologist Warwick Fox). Kheel argues that in directing their moral allegiance to abstract constructs (e.g. species, the ecosystem, or the transpersonal Self) these influential nature theorists represent a masculinist orientation that devalues concern for individual animals. Seeking to heal the divisions among the seemingly disparate movements and philosophies of feminism, animal advocacy, environmental ethics, and holistic health, Kheel proposes an ecofeminist philosophy that underscores the importance of empathy and care for individual beings as well as larger wholes.

General

Imprint:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2007
First published:	December 2007
Authors:	Marti Kheel
Foreword by:	Rosemary Radford Ruether
Dimensions:	231 x 156 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	354
ISBN-13:	978-0-7425-5201-2
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Bio-ethics Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > Feminism
LSN:	0-7425-5201-2
Barcode:	9780742552012

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