Celia Deane-Drummond 
The Ethics of Nature [PDF ebook] 

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This accessible and timely book uses a Christian perspective to
explore ethical debates about nature.
* * A detailed exploration of humanity’s treatment of the
natural world from a Christian perspective.
* Covers a range of ethical debates, including current
controversies about the environment, animal rights, biotechnology,
consciousness, and cloning.
* Sets the immediate issues in the context of underlying
theological and philosophical assumptions.
* Complex scientific issues are explained in clear
student-friendly language.
* The author develops her own distinctive ethical approach
centred on the practice of wisdom.
* Discusses key figures in the field, including Peter Singer,
Aldo Leopold, Tom Regan, Andrew Linzey, James Lovelock, Anne
Primavesi, Rosemary Radford Ruether, and Michael Northcott.
* The author has held academic posts in both theology and plant
science.

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Preface.
1. Introduction. The Recovery of Virtue for an Ethics of
Nature.
2. Environmental Ethics.
3. Animal Rights.
4. The Ethics of Biotechnology.
5. The Ethics of Cloning.
6. Psychology and Moral Agency.
7. Ethics and Gaia.
8. Feminism and the Ethics of Nature.
9. Towards an Ethic of Wisdom.
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Despre autor

Celia E. Deane-Drummond is Professor of Theology and Biological Sciences at University College Chester and Director of the Centre for Religion and the Biosciences. Her recent publications include Creation Through Wisdom: Theology and the New Biology (2000), Biology and Theology Today: Exploring the Boundaries (2001), Re-Ordering Nature: Theology, Society and the New Genetics (ed., 2003) and Brave New World: Theology, Ethics and the Human Genome (ed., 2003).

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Limba Engleză ● Format PDF ● Pagini 272 ● ISBN 9780470775240 ● Mărime fișier 0.8 MB ● Editura John Wiley & Sons ● Publicat 2008 ● Ediție 1 ● Descărcabil 24 luni ● Valută EUR ● ID 2324265 ● Protecție împotriva copiilor Adobe DRM
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