The rights of nature : a history of environmental ethics /
Traces the development of the concept that nature has rights, and examines the work of environmental activists.
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Madison, Wis. :
University of Wisconsin Press,
©1989.
|
| Series: | History of American thought and culture.
|
| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=18980 |
Table of Contents:
- Ethical extension and radical environmentalism
- From natural rights to the rights of nature
- Ideological origins of American environmentalism
- Ecology widens the cirle
- The greening of religion
- The greening of philosophy
- Liberating nature
- Abolitionism, environmentalism, and the limits of American liberalism.