An ethics of biodiversity : Christianity, ecology, and the variety of life /
Life on earth is wildly diverse, but the future of that diversity is now in question. Through environmentally destructive farming practices, ever-expanding energy use, and the development and homogenization of land, human beings are responsible for unprecedented reductions in the variety of life for...
| Основен автор: | O'Brien, Kevin J. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Washington, D.C. :
Georgetown University Press,
℗♭2010.
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http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=326639 |
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Print version::
Ethics of biodiversity. |
Съдържание:
- Introduction: Christian ecological ethics and biodiversity
- Defining biodiversity
- The variety of life
- Why biodiversity matters
- Valuing life and ecosystems
- The sacramental value of the variety of life
- The levels of biodiversity
- Scaling conservation
- Multiscalar Christian ecological ethics
- Political and morally formative conservation
- Regulating biodiversity : the endangered species act and political conservation
- Christian care for biodiversity : moral formation as conservation
- Social justice and the conservation of biodiversity
- Biological and cultural diversity
- Diversities and justice
- Conclusion: the work of conserving biodiversity.