Environmental philosophy the art of life in a world of limits

• Other Authors: Leonard, Liam
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2013.
• Series: Advances in sustainability and environmental justice, v. 13
• Subjects: Nature > Environmental Conservation & Protection.; Science > Environmental Science.; Political Science > Public Policy > Environmental Policy.; Environmentalist thought & ideology.; Social impact of environmental issues.; Environmental sciences > Philosophy.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781783501373
• ISSN: 2051-5030 ;
• DOI: 10.1108/S2051-5030(2013)13
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 210 p.) : ill.

Humankind has long considered the relationship it holds with nature to be both a blessing and a challenge. The onset of climate change has brought a new impetus to this relationship. This volume of Advances in Sustainability and Environmental Justice will examine environmental philosophy from a numb...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction / Liam Leonard
• MacIntyre and Havel as green political thinkers : unreasonable thinking in turbulent times / John Barry
• The transition to green lifestyles based on voluntary simplicity : the difficult road towards enjoyable, graceful and sustainable lifestyles / Marius de Geus
• The politics of global warming (1) : climate science and scepticism / Graham Parkes
• The politics of global warming (2) : two obstacles to circumvent / Graham Parkes
• A call for a new political economy of attention : mindfulness as a new commons / Peter Doran
• Territory in a world of limits : exploring claims to oil and ice / Cara Nine
• Mandatory non-anthropocentrism : the political unrealism of making metaethical demands in environmental ethics / Jason Dockstader
• Irish ruins ancient and new : ghost estates, megaliths and human relations with the rest of nature / Geoff Berry
• Walking respectfully on the earth : a problem for deep ecology / Thomas Duddy.