Presenting a wide range of views and strategies, The Green Halo analyzes the problematic relations between humans and the rest of the natural world. The author looks at the views of thinkers including John Muir, Aldo Leopold, and Al Gore, and suggests alternative ways to view nature, assign it value, and respond to ecological crises.
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...about half of these essays are new...quality remains high and the style sharp, still quotable. -- International Studies in Philosophy
Here is perhaps the most remarkable of the several introductions to environmental ethics available in a growing literature-remarkable both for the unusual career of its author and for the multi-dimensional nature of the work. [Kohak] is able to combine thoery and practice most efffectively. On every page he joins multiple tensions in the field, often finding complementary insights: the contemporary and the historical, facts and values, the is and the ought, reason and emotion, the real and the ideal, ethics and metaphysics, the subjective and the objective. . . I am privileged to endorse this work. -- Holmes Rolston III, author of Philosophy Gone Wild
The Green Halo can be read at many levels. It is enjoyable reading and can serve as an introduction for those who know little or nothing about enviromental philosophy. At the same time, it makes a new contribution to the field, both at the movement and mainstream levels. Because Kohk is equally knowledgeable about environmental ethics in North America and his native country, the Czech Republic, he provides insight and perspectives not available from any other philosopher. The book is likly to become a classic in the field. -- Eugene C. Hargrove, author of Foundations of Environmental Ethics
Here is perhaps the most remarkable of the several introductions to environmental ethics available in a growing literature-remarkable both for the unusual career of its author and for the multi-dimensional nature of the work. [Kohak] is able to combine thoery and practice most efffectively. On every page he joins multiple tensions in the field, often finding complementary insights: the contemporary and the historical, facts and values, the is and the ought, reason and emotion, the real and the ideal, ethics and metaphysics, the subjective and the objective. . . I am privileged to endorse this work. -- Holmes Rolston III, author of Philosophy Gone Wild
The Green Halo can be read at many levels. It is enjoyable reading and can serve as an introduction for those who know little or nothing about enviromental philosophy. At the same time, it makes a new contribution to the field, both at the movement and mainstream levels. Because Kohk is equally knowledgeable about environmental ethics in North America and his native country, the Czech Republic, he provides insight and perspectives not available from any other philosopher. The book is likly to become a classic in the field. -- Eugene C. Hargrove, author of Foundations of Environmental Ethics
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Living Thoughtfully and Treading Lightly,
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This book presents the various "world-views" behind the immediate battles over ecological issues in a way that brings them alive. It shows why understanding and working through our most basic beliefs concerning what we ought to do (and be) is so important if we are to learn to "tread more lightly on the earth" before it is too late. It is a wonderfully readable introduction to ecological ethics and a rousing call to thoughtful action.
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In the beginnings of the ecological awakening in the United States, some thirty years ago, for many of us a basic impetus was the realization that to speak of "humans and animals" is misleading. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
depth ecologists, overconsuming world, depth ecology, nonhuman kin, systems theoreticians, ecological philosophy, ecological ethics, ecological activism, ecological activists, ecological thought, lifeboat ethics, ecological literacy, sustainable modes, ecological threat, land ethic, ecological attitudes, voluntary simplicity, human superiority, deep ecology, nonhuman world Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Albert Schweitzer, Aldo Leopold, Arne Naess, John Muir, Paul Taylor, John Seed, Albert Gore, Czech Republic, Factor Four, James Lovelock, Peter Singer, Club of Rome, Old Testament, United States, Animal Liberation, Council of All Beings, Garrett Hardin, New England, Annie Dillard, Immanuel Kant, Konrad Lorenz, New Hampshire, Our Long-Lost Kin, The Lure of Perfection, The Moral Sense of Nature New!
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In the beginnings of the ecological awakening in the United States, some thirty years ago, for many of us a basic impetus was the realization that to speak of "humans and animals" is misleading. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
depth ecologists, overconsuming world, depth ecology, nonhuman kin, systems theoreticians, ecological philosophy, ecological ethics, ecological activism, ecological activists, ecological thought, lifeboat ethics, ecological literacy, sustainable modes, ecological threat, land ethic, ecological attitudes, voluntary simplicity, human superiority, deep ecology, nonhuman world Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Albert Schweitzer, Aldo Leopold, Arne Naess, John Muir, Paul Taylor, John Seed, Albert Gore, Czech Republic, Factor Four, James Lovelock, Peter Singer, Club of Rome, Old Testament, United States, Animal Liberation, Council of All Beings, Garrett Hardin, New England, Annie Dillard, Immanuel Kant, Konrad Lorenz, New Hampshire, Our Long-Lost Kin, The Lure of Perfection, The Moral Sense of Nature New!
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- A Sand County Almanac (Outdoor Essays & Reflections) by Aldo Leopold on 11 pages
- Outlines & Highlights for The Diversity of Life by Wilson (Cram101 Textbook Outlines) by Cram101 Textbook Reviews on 6 pages
- The Diversity of Life by Edward O. Wilson on 6 pages
- Animal Liberation by Peter Singer on 5 pages
- On Human Nature: Revised Edition by Edward O. Wilson on 5 pages
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