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The Ethics of Nature and the Nature of Ethics (Hardcover)
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The Ethics of Nature and the Nature of Ethics (Hardcover)
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This volume explores questions which emerge from considering the
relationship between nature and ethics through philosophical,
theological, ethical and environmental lenses. It will examine the
nature (understood as essence or character) of ethics itself and
whether nature (understood as natural world) has embedded in it a
moral code, as well as examining how particular ethical/theological
worldviews influence our treatment of nature. Is there an abstract,
objective moral code in nature? If so, how do we gain access to
this code of ethics? Is it only accessible through revelation, as
in some religious traditions, or is this code of ethics more
generally accessible to humanity? Indeed, does such an objective
notion of ethics exist; could it be that ethics are a natural and
subjective development? Is ethics a feature of nature, or have we
invented it? There is, this volume might suggest, no consensus on
these questions, as they at times divide and at times unite both
the contributors to this volume and the bodies of scholarly work
with which they engage. As time moves forward, investigations into
ethics in the context of the relationship between humanity and
nature have become more complex, taking account of advances in the
natural sciences and a growing appreciation of nature. How are we
to understand our relationship with nature, and how does this have
implications for our understandings of ethics? Are we now realising
the repercussions of our failure to take seriously our experience
of climate change? This volume offers the reader a unique and
underrepresented interdisciplinary perspective, from philosophers,
theologians and environmentalists on the dynamic relationship
between nature and ethics. It offers breadth in terms of the range
of theoretical, cultural, philosophical and theological frameworks,
but balances this with chapters providing an in-depth treatment of
particular lenses, e.g. the work of Hegel, or the work of Gordon
Kauffman. Through philosophical and theological investigation,
these collected essays deepen and problematize the scientific and
pragmatic discourses on nature, offering scholars solid resources
to engage with some of the most pressing issues of our time in
light of ongoing debates at many levels on dealing with climate
change.
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