Nature Ethics

An Ecofeminist Perspective

Marti Kheel (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

354 Seiten

2007
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-0-7425-5201-2 (ISBN)

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In Nature Ethics: An Ecofeminist Perspective, Marti Kheel explores the underlying worldview of “nature ethics,” offering an alternative ecofeminist perspective. She focuses on four prominent representatives of holist philosophy: two early conservationists (Theodore Roosevelt and Aldo Leopold) and two contemporary philosophers (Holmes Rolston III, and transpersonal ecologist Warwick Fox). Kheel argues that in directing their moral allegiance to abstract constructs (e.g. species, the ecosystem, or the transpersonal Self) these influential nature theorists represent a masculinist orientation that devalues concern for individual animals. Seeking to heal the divisions among the seemingly disparate movements and philosophies of feminism, animal advocacy, environmental ethics, and holistic health, Kheel proposes an ecofeminist philosophy that underscores the importance of empathy and care for individual beings as well as larger wholes.

Marti Kheel is a visiting scholar at the Graduate Theological Union. She is a leading scholar and activist in ecofeminism, environmental ethics and animal advocacy. Her articles have been widely published in anthologies, such as Environmental Ethics; Reweaving the World: The Emergence of Ecofeminism; Ecofeminism: Women, Animals and Nature; Animals and Women: Feminist Theoretical Explorations; and Food for Thought: The Debate over Eating Meat. Her personal website is http://juxtaprose.com/client/martikheel/build/.

Chapter 1 - Finding a Niche for All Animals in Nature Ethics
Chapter 2 - Masculine Identity: Born Again 'Man'
Chapter 3 - Origins of the Conservation Movement: Preserving Manhood
Chapter 4 - Thinking Like a Mountain or Thinking Like a Man?
Chapter 5 - The Ecophilosophy of Holmes Rolston
Chapter 6 - The Transpersonal Ecology of Warwick Fox
Chapter 7 - Ecofeminist Holist Philosophy

Erscheint lt. Verlag	6.2.2008
Vorwort	Rosemary Radford Ruether
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 231 mm
Gewicht	531 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-7425-5201-2 / 0742552012
ISBN-13	978-0-7425-5201-2 / 9780742552012
Zustand	Neuware