The structural links between ecology, evolution and ethics the virtuous epistemic circle /
Evolutionary biology, ecology and ethics: at first glance, three different objects of research, three different worldviews and three different scientific communities. In reality, there are both structural and historical links between these disciplines. First, some topics are obviously common across...
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Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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Boston studies in the philosophy of science ;
v.296 |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5067-8 |
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Evolutionary biology, ecology and ethics: at first glance, three different objects of research, three different worldviews and three different scientific communities. In reality, there are both structural and historical links between these disciplines. First, some topics are obviously common across the board. Second, the emerging need for environmental policy management has gradually but radically changed the relationship between these disciplines. |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xv, 179 p.) : ill. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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9789400750678 (electronic bk.) 9400750676 (electronic bk.) |
Index Number: | GE195 |
CLC: | B82-058 |
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Ecology, Evolution, Ethics: In Search of a Meta-paradigm - An Introduction / Evolution Versus Creation: A Sibling Rivalry? / Evolution and Chance / Some Conceptions of Time in Ecology / Facts, Values, and Analogies: A Darwinian Approach to Environmental Choice / Towards EcoEvoEthics / Ecology and Moral Ontology / Animal Rights and Environmental Ethics / Reconciling Individualist and Deeper Environmentalist Theories? An Exploration / Two Philosophies of the Environmental Crisis / Epilogue: The Epistemic and Practical Circle in an Evolutionary, Ecologically Sustainable Society / |