A World Not Made for Us : Topics in Critical Environmental Philosophy (Suny series in Environmental Philosophy and Ethics)

Peterson, Keith R.

State University of New York Press（2020/09発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 236 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781438479590
• DDC分類 363.7001

Full Description

Proposes a nonanthropocentric reassessment of key themes and approaches in environmental philosophy

In A World Not Made for Us, Keith R. Peterson provides a broad reassessment of the field of environmental philosophy, taking a fresh and critical look at three classical problems of environmentalism: the intrinsic value of nature, the need for an ecological worldview, and a new conception of the place of humankind in nature. He makes the case that a genuinely critical environmental philosophy must adopt an ecological materialist conception of the human, a pluralistic value theory that emphasizes the need for value prioritization, and a stratified categorial ontology that affirms the basic principle of human asymmetrical dependence on more-than-human nature. Integrating environmental ethics with the latest work in political ecology, Peterson argues it is important to understand that the world is not made for us, and that coming to terms with this fact is a condition for survival in future human and more-than-human communities of liberation and solidarity.

Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments

Introduction: Environmental Philosophy: Anthropocentrism, Intrinsic Value, and Worldview Clash

Part I: Anthropocentrism and Philosophical Anthropology

1. Anthropocentrism, Dualism, and Models of the Human

2. The Unfinished Animal

Part II: The Intrinsic Value of Nature

3. The Problem of Intrinsic Value and the Primacy of Priorities

4. Environmental Values and Vital Priorities

5. Political Ecology and Value Theory

Part III: Ecological Ontology

6. Metascientific Stances and Dependence

Conclusion: A World Not Made for Us

Notes
Works Cited
Index