The Spirit of the Soil challenges environmentalists to think more deeply and creatively about agriculture. Paul B. Thompson identifies four `worldviews' which tackle agricultural ethics according to different philosophical priorities; productionism, stewardship, economics and holism. He examines current issues such as the use of pesticides and biotechnology from these ethical perspectives. This book achieves an open-ended account of sustainability designed to minimise hubris and help us to recapture the spirit of the soil.
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The work is a fine and welcome contribution to a growing corpus of postconciliar research and will clearly benefit both students and professors alike..
–Michael Attridege, University of St. Michael's College Toronto Journal of Theology, 14/2(1998)
–Michael Attridege, University of St. Michael's College Toronto Journal of Theology, 14/2(1998)
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Paul B. Thompson is Joyce and Edward E. Brewer Professor of Philosophy at Purdue University.
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Superb general intro. to politics and ethics of agriculture,
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This review is from: The Spirit of the Soil: Agriculture and Environmental Ethics (Environmental Philosophies) (Paperback)
The educated layperson will find Dr. Thompson's *Spirit of the Soil* to be a perfect introduction to the bewilderingly complex ethical and economic questions that increasingly surround modern agriculture. The author ruthlessly dissects politically charged and often intentionally vague terms and concepts such as "sustainability," "stewardship," the consumer mentality, and the flawed yet indispensible materialism of modern production agriculture. This book will be enormously helpful to anyone who wants to attack farm policy with a more mature understanding of the ethical issues upon which the cultural and physical sustainability of modern agriculture depends
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- Silent Spring by Rachel Carson on 5 pages
- A Sand County Almanac (Outdoor Essays & Reflections) by Aldo Leopold on 4 pages
- Is There a Moral Obligation to Save the Family Farm? by Gary Comstock on 4 pages
- Beyond the Large Farm: Ethics and Research Goals for Agriculture (Westview Special Studies in Agriculture Science and Policy) by Paul B. Thompson in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Rivers of Empire: Water, Aridity, and the Growth of the American West by Donald Worster on page 5, and Back Matter
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- The Landscape of Reform: Civic Pragmatism and Environmental Thought in America by Ben A. Minteer on page 158, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Animal Pragmatism: Rethinking Human-Nonhuman Relationships by Erin McKenna on page 151, page 159, and Back Matter
- Technology and the Good Life? by Eric Higgs in Front Matter, and page 181
- Globalising Food: Agrarian Questions and Global Restructuring by David Goodman on page 272, and page 364
- Agriculture's Ethical Horizon by Robert L. Zimdahl in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
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