Being Human : Ethics, Environment, and Our Place in the World.
by
 
Peterson, Anna L.

Title
Being Human : Ethics, Environment, and Our Place in the World.

Author
Peterson, Anna L.

ISBN
9780520926059

Personal Author
Peterson, Anna L.

Edition
1st ed.

Physical Description
1 online resource (301 pages)

Contents
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Not of the World: Human Exceptionalism in Western Tradition -- 3. The Social Construction of Nature and Human Nature -- 4. The Relational Self: Asian Views of Nature and Human Nature -- 5. Person and Nature in Native American Worldviews -- 6. Relationships, Stories, and Feminist Ethics -- 7. Evolution, Ecology, and Ethics -- 8. In and Of the World: Toward a Chastened Constructionist Anthropology -- 9. Different Natures -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Y.

Abstract
Being Human examines the complex connections among conceptions of human nature, attitudes toward non-human nature, and ethics. Anna Peterson proposes an "ethical anthropology" that examines how ideas of nature and humanity are bound together in ways that shape the very foundations of cultures. Peterson discusses mainstream Western understandings of what it means to be human, as well as alternatives to these perspectives, and suggests that the construction of a compelling, coherent environmental ethics will revise our ideas not only about nature but also about what it means to be human.

Local Note
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

Subject Term
Environmental ethics.
 
Ethics.

Genre
Electronic books.

Electronic Access
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LibraryMaterial TypeItem BarcodeShelf NumberStatus
IYTE LibraryE-Book1182719-1001BJ1012 -- .P454 2001 EBEbrary E-Books