I've ordered it now, Patrick!
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From: Discussion forum for environmental ethics. on behalf of Patrick Curry
Sent: Tue 12/07/2011 20:04
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Subject: New book on ecoethics


Hello. I would be grateful if you would post this message (below) on your
list; it should interest your members...



Ecological Ethics: An Introduction




Patrick Curry

 (Polity Press, 22 July 2011)
 
This book was first published in 2006. It was meant not only for academics
but anyone, including activists, who wants to understand ecological/
environmental ethics better. Unlike nearly all other such books, its
starting-point was that all value ultimately inheres not just in human beings
but in the Earth itself and all its creatures.
 
In this revised, updated and greatly expanded new edition, I argue that a new
and truly ecological ethic is both possible and urgently needed. With this
point in mind, the book introduces and discusses all the major concepts
needed to understand the full range of ecological ethics.
 
Light green or anthropocentric ethics with the examples of stewardship,
lifeboat ethics and social ecology; the mid-green or intermediate ethics of
animal liberation/rights; and dark or deep green ecocentric ethics are all
discussed. Of the last kind, particular attention is given to the Land Ethic,
the Gaia Hypothesis, and Deep Ecology and its offshoots: Deep Green Theory,
Left Biocentrism and the Earth Manifesto. The new edition emphasises the
importance of virtue ethics and its close relationship with ecocentrism.
Other chapters discuss ecofeminism, green citizenship, green ethics as
post-secular, moral pluralism and pragmatism, and human population in the
light of ecological ethics.
 
In this edition, all chapters have been updated and are joined by new
discussions, from an ecocentric perspective, of climate change, wind power
and energy, capitalism, sustainable economies, green education, traditional
ecological knowledge, the treatment of animals as an ecocentric issue,
vegetarianism, the food system, Buddhism, and animism as integral to a green
virtue ethic. 
 
This comprehensive and wide-ranging book offers a radical but critical
introduction to the subject which puts ecocentrism and the critique of
anthropocentrism back at the top of the ethical, intellectual and political
agenda. It will be of great interest to students and activists, and to a
wider public.
 
For more information, see: http://www.politybooks.com/book.asp?ref=0745651259
 
Lastly, please forward this message to anyone you think might be interested!
 
Thank you very much,
 
Patrick


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