Earth's Insights
Earth's Insights
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Summary
The environmental crisis is global in scope, yet contemporary environmental ethics is centred predominantly in Western philosophy and religion. This book widens the scope of environmental ethics to include the ecological teachings embedded in non-Western worldviews.
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Earth's Insights by J Baird Callicott
The environmental crisis is global in scope, yet contemporary environmental ethics is centred predominantly in Western philosophy and religion. "Earth's Insights" widens the scope of environmental ethics to include the ecological teachings embedded in non-Western worldviews. J. Baird Callicott ranges broadly, exploring the sacred texts of Islam, Hinduism, Jainism, Taoism, Confucianism, and Zen Buddhism, as well as the oral traditions of Polynesia, North and South America, and Australia. He also documents the attempts of various peoples to put their environmental ethics into practice. Finally, he wrestles with a question of vital importance to all people sharing the fate of this small planet: How can the world's many and diverse environmental philosophies be brought together in a complementary and consistent whole?
J. Baird Callicott is Professor of Philosophy and Religion Studies at the Institute of Applied Sciences, University of North Texas, and author of In Defense of the Land Ethic: Essays in Environmental Philosophy (1989).
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780520085596 |
| ISBN 10 | 0520085590 |
| Title | Earth's Insights |
| Author | J Baird Callicott |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Publisher | University of California Press |
| Year published | 1994-11-15 |
| Number of pages | 292 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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