In nature's interests? : interests, animal rights, and environmental ethics / Gary E. Varner.
Gary E. Varner presents a carefully argued response to what he characterizes as "two dogmas of environmentalism"--The assumptions that animal rights philosophies and anthropocentric views are each antithetical to sound environmental policy. He defends a "biocentric individualist"...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1998.
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| Series: | Environmental ethics and science policy.
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| Summary: | Gary E. Varner presents a carefully argued response to what he characterizes as "two dogmas of environmentalism"--The assumptions that animal rights philosophies and anthropocentric views are each antithetical to sound environmental policy. He defends a "biocentric individualist" stance that gives priority to the lives of animals with conscious desires and to certain human interests and shows that such a view is able to support the goals on the environmentalist agenda. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 154 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-150) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0585188793 9780585188799 1280453044 9781280453045 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |