| Description |
1 online resource (x, 289 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Not of the world: human exceptionalism in Western tradition -- The social construction of nature and human nature -- The relational self: Asian views of nature and human nature -- Person and nature in native american worldviews -- Relationships, stories, and feminist ethics -- Evolution, ecology, and ethics -- In and of the world: toward a chastened constructionist anthropology -- Different natures |
| Summary |
This text examines the complex connections among conceptions of human nature, attitudes toward non-human nature, and ethics. Peterson proposes an 'ethical anthropology' that examines how ideas of nature and humanity are bound together in ways that shape the very foundations of cultures |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-286) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Ethics.
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Environmental ethics.
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Ethics
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ethics (philosophy)
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PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
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Environmental ethics
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Ethics
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Umweltethik
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Milieuethiek.
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Ethics.
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Environmental ethics.
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Human beings.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780520926059 |
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0520926056 |
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9780520226548 |
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0520226542 |
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0520226550 |
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9780520226555 |
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1417523344 |
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9781417523344 |
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1282758888 |
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9781282758889 |
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9786612758881 |
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6612758880 |
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