Nature in Common?
Subtitle
Environmental Ethics and the Contested Foundation of Environmental Policy
This important book brings together leading environmental thinkers to debate a central conflict within environmental philosophy: Should we appreciate nature mainly for its ability to advance our interests or should we respect it as having a good of its own, apart from any contribution to human well-being?
Bio
Ben A. Minteer is associate professor of environmental ethics and policy in the School of Life Sciences and is a senior sustainability scholar in the Global Institute of Sustainability at Arizona State University. He is author of "The Landscape of Reform: Civic Pragmatism and Environmental Thought in America," and the editor of "Nature in Common?"
Praise for this book
'Nature in Common?' brings together leading environmental philosophers to sharpen and clarify the divisions and critically examine the strengths and limits of moving environmentalists toward an agenda with which most can agree. This is an important and unique collection of essays. Minteer’s introductory framing is excellent, and each of the chapters, are clear and forceful. This volume is a major contribution and deserves to be read widely. “
Jan Dizard
