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Large parts of our world are filled with plants, and human life
depends on, interacts with, affects and is affected by plant life
in various ways. Yet plants have not received nearly as much
attention from philosophers and ethicists as they deserve. In
environmental philosophy, plants are often swiftly subsumed under
the categories of "all living things" and rarely considered
thematically. There is a need for developing a more sophisticated
theoretical understanding of plants and their practical role in
human experience. Plant Ethics: Concepts and Applications aims at
opening a philosophical discussion that may begin to fill that gap.
The book investigates issues in plants ontology, ethics and the
role of plants and their cultivation in various fields of
application. It explores and develops important concepts to shape
and frame plants-related philosophical questions accurately,
including new ideas of how to address moral questions when
confronted with plants in concrete scenarios. This edited volume
brings together for the first time, and in an interdisciplinary
spirit, contemporary approaches to plant ethics by international
scholars of established reputation. It will be of great interest to
students and scholars of Philosophy and Ethics.
Large parts of our world are filled with plants, and human life
depends on, interacts with, affects and is affected by plant life
in various ways. Yet plants have not received nearly as much
attention from philosophers and ethicists as they deserve. In
environmental philosophy, plants are often swiftly subsumed under
the categories of "all living things" and rarely considered
thematically. There is a need for developing a more sophisticated
theoretical understanding of plants and their practical role in
human experience. Plant Ethics: Concepts and Applications aims at
opening a philosophical discussion that may begin to fill that gap.
The book investigates issues in plants ontology, ethics and the
role of plants and their cultivation in various fields of
application. It explores and develops important concepts to shape
and frame plants-related philosophical questions accurately,
including new ideas of how to address moral questions when
confronted with plants in concrete scenarios. This edited volume
brings together for the first time, and in an interdisciplinary
spirit, contemporary approaches to plant ethics by international
scholars of established reputation. It will be of great interest to
students and scholars of Philosophy and Ethics.
Climate change is a key challenge in the contemporary world. This
volume studies climate change through many lenses: politics, law,
ethics, philosophy, religion, and contemporary art and culture. The
essays explore alternatives for sustainable development and
highlight oft-overlooked issues, such as climate change refugees
and food justice. Designe
Climate change is a key challenge in the contemporary world. This
volume studies climate change through many lenses: politics, law,
ethics, philosophy, religion, and contemporary art and culture. The
essays explore alternatives for sustainable development and
highlight oft-overlooked issues, such as climate change refugees
and food justice. Designed as four parts, the volume: first, offers
an astute diagnosis of the political and moral intricacies of
climate change; second, deals specifically with topics in the
political theory of climate change governance; third, focuses on
the moral theory of climate change; and, finally, analyzes the
specific ramifications of the climate change problem. With
contributions from experts across the world, this will be
especially useful to scholars and students of climate change
studies, development studies, environmental studies, politics, and
ethics and philosophy. It will also interest policy-makers, social
activists, governmental and non-governmental agencies, and those in
media and journalism.
This book proposes and defends the practice of urban gardening as
an ecologically and socially beneficial, culturally innovative,
morally appropriate, ethically uplifting, and politically incisive
way for individuals and variously networked collectives to
contribute to a successful management of some defining challenges
of the Anthropocene - this new epoch in which no earthly place,
form, entity, process, or system escapes the reach of human
activity - including urban resilience and climate change.
This book proposes and defends the practice of urban gardening as
an ecologically and socially beneficial, culturally innovative,
morally appropriate, ethically uplifting, and politically incisive
way for individuals and variously networked collectives to
contribute to a successful management of some defining challenges
of the Anthropocene - this new epoch in which no earthly place,
form, entity, process, or system escapes the reach of human
activity - including urban resilience and climate change.
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