Screen LibraryBiodiversity and environmental philosophy：an introduction
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Cambridge Uuniversity Press
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, UK |
| Publication Dates: | 2005. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge studies in philosophy and biology |
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| Carrier Form: | xvi, 258 p.: ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0521851327 (hardback : alk. paper) |
| Call Number: | X-05/S245 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-250) and index. A focus on biodiversity -- The structure of the book -- Three flawed arguments -- Concern for the environment -- The myth of lost futures -- The myth of the golden age -- Wilderness -- Intrinsic values and biocentrism -- Adequacy conditions for a conservationist ethic -- Two concepts of intrinsic value -- Arguments for intrinsic value -- Biocentrism and deep ecology -- Animal welfare -- Tempered anthropocentrism -- Demand values -- Transformative values -- Obligations of conservation -- Wilderness and aesthetic appreciation -- The boundary problem -- The directionality problem -- Solutions -- Adequacy tests -- Problems of ecology -- Ecological models -- New directions -- Extinction -- The consensus view of conservation biology -- Adaptive management -- The place prioritization problem -- The surrogacy problem -- The viability problem -- Defining "biodiversity" -- Incommensurability and uncertainty -- Types of values -- Multiple criterion synchronization -- The context of biodiversity -- Coping with uncertainty -- Probabilistic place prioritization -- A bayesian future? -- In conclusion: issues for the future -- The value of biodiversity -- The science of biodiversity conservation. |