The Ethics of Species
An Introduction
This book evaluates the value and the ethical significance of species, applying these to several pressing contemporary issues: preserving species at risk of extinction due to global climate change; genetic modification of species; technological enhancement of humans; and creating novel species. For students of philosophy, bioethics, conservation ethics and ecology.
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-107-65870-7
- EAN: 9781107658707
- Produktnummer: 13239183
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 245 S.
- Masse: H24.6 cm x B17.4 cm x D1.3 cm 492 g
- Abbildungen: 1 Line drawings, unspecified
- Gewicht: 492
- Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational
Über den Autor
Ronald Sandler is an Associate Professor of Philosophy and the Director of the Ethics Institute at Northeastern University. He is also a senior researcher in Northeastern's Environmental Justice Research Collaborative and its Nanotechnology and Society Research Group. Ronald Sandler is author of Character and Environment: A Virtue-oriented Approach to Environmental Ethics (2007) and Nanotechnology: The Social and Ethical Issues (2009). He is co-editor of Environmental Virtue Ethics (with Philip Cafaro, 2005) and of Environmental Justice and Environmentalism: The Social Justice Challenge to the Environmental Movement (with Phaedra C. Pezzullo, 2007).
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