Environmental Philosophy: Interdisciplinary Research on Environmental Ethics

Author: Wang Zhengping
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Publish Date: 2004-12-01
Features: This book is a comprehensive and systematic foundational reading on environmental philosophy. The manuscript explores the background of the emergence of environmental philosophy, its intellectual origins and historical evolution, discusses the fundamental theories and significance, value of environmental philosophy, and introduces the philosophical wisdom of ancient China about the environment as well as various Western modern environmental philosophies and ecological ethics theories, including: modern anthropocentrism, animal liberationism, biocentrism, ecocentrism, deep ecology, social ecology, ecological theology, "ecological Marxism," and more. Environmental issues are a hot and challenging topic in modern problems and are key to whether society can develop sustainably. Guiding these issues with the right theories and learning from the successes and failures of the West are urgent tasks for China's rapid development.