| Description |
1 online resource (x, 173 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover -- How Nature Matters: Culture, Identity, and Environmental Value -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- PART 1: MEANS AND ENDS -- 1: Instrumentality and Causation -- 2: Cultural Ecosystem Services -- 3: Limitations of the Standard Model -- PART 2: PARTS AND WHOLES -- 4: The Meanings of Things -- 5: Constitution -- 6: Value and Disvalue -- 7: Deep Ecology, Essentialism, Narrative, and Relational Value -- PART 3: WIDER ISSUES -- 8: Why Nature? -- 9: Beyond Value for Us -- 10: Constitution and Rights -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
James presents an original theory of nature's value based on part-whole relations, and solves the difficult problem of how we should conceptualise nature's cultural values. This accessible, engagingly written book will be essential reading for all those who wish to understand the moral and metaphysical dimensions of environmental issues |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; tile from home page (Oxford Academic, viewed September 12, 2023) |
| Subject |
Philosophy of nature.
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Environmental sciences -- Philosophy.
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Environmental sciences -- Philosophy
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Philosophy of nature
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191914515 |
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0191914517 |
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0192645153 |
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9780192645159 |
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