Great to hear from you, Patrick
And thanks for the photo - yes, it looks a great team. However, surely not
photographed in Australia?
Next due in London with a bit of time on Wed 7 Dec. My meeting at Church
House should finish about 2.45pm.
VBW
N
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From: Discussion forum for environmental ethics. on behalf of Patrick Curry
Sent: Thu 28/07/2011 23:58
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: New book on ecoethics
Thanks -- and for your text, rec'd in Austria, which really made me laugh
(albeit a bit wryly)!
For no particular reason, I'll forward a photo I just rec'd of the group I
was on retreat with. A very, very nice group of people.
Please let me know if you'll be in London with any time to spare, Nigel.
Warmly, P.
At 07:55 22/07/2011, you wrote:
I've ordered it now, Patrick!
VBW
Nigel
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From: Discussion forum for environmental ethics. on behalf of Patrick
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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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