Interdisciplinary Aspects of Environmental Sciences, Natural Literature & History, Ethics & Moral Philosophy - Applied - Environmental, Human Ecology

Nature As Subject

Name: Nature As Subject
Author: Eric Katz
ISBN: 9780847683048

by Eric Katz, Mark Sagoff

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Overview

Written by one of the instrumental figures in environmental ethics, Nature as Subject traces the development of an ethical policy that is centered not on human beings, but on itself. Katz applies this idea to contemporary environmental problems, introducing themes of justice, domination, imperialism, and the Holocaust. This volume will stand as a foundational work for environmental scholars, government and industry policy makers, activists, and students in advanced philosophy and environmental studies courses.

Synopsis

Written by one of the instrumental figures in environmental ethics, "Nature as Subject" traces the development of an ethical policy that is centered not on human beings, but on itself. Katz applies this idea to contemporary environmental problems, introducing themes of justice, domination, imperialism, and the Holocaust. This volume will stand as a foundational work for environmental scholars, government and industry policy makers, activists, and students in advanced philosophy and environmental studies courses.

Author Biography: Eric Katz is associate professor of philosophy and director of the Science, Technology, and Society Program at the New Jersey Institute of Technology.

J. N. Muzio

The reader will be moved well beyond the ordinarily repetitively treated environmental issues of saving a particular organism, recycling, or saving a river or a rain forest.

About the Author, Eric Katz

Eric Katz is associate professor of philosophy and director of the Science, Technology, and Society Program at the New Jersey Institute of Technology.

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Choice

The reader will be moved well beyond the ordinarily repetitively treated environmental issues of saving a particular organism, recycling, or saving a river or a rain forest.
— J. N. Muzio

Religious Studies Review

This book offers original insights to those with a serious interest in environmental ethics and is appropriate for undergraduate courses on the subject.
— Robert L. Grant, St. Ambrose University

Carl Mitcham

Eric Katz is a leading contributor to the new environmental philosophy. He goes beyond environmental ethics as applied traditional ethics to articulate a nature-centered philosophy that can be a foundation for the reform not only of individual action and public policy but also of science and technology.

Holmes Rolston III

Katz has been influential in environmental ethics for two decades and this collection of his leading essays is most welcome . . . The result is both more penetrating analysis and increased conviction regarding our direct moral consideration and respect for nature.

Holmes Rolstonm III

J. N. Muzio

The reader will be moved well beyond the ordinarily repetitively treated environmental issues of saving a particular organism, recycling, or saving a river or a rain forest.