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In Nature's Interests?

Interests, Animal Rights and Environmental Ethics

by Gary E. Varner (assistant Professor Of Philosophy, Assistant Professor Of Philosophy, Texas A, M University)

  • Paperback
  • 164 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 1 cm

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For students and enthusiasts of philosophy and ethics

Challenges conflicting views on animal rights and nature

You will gain a deeper understanding of ethical priorities

This book explores the balance between animal rights and environmental ethics.

This book offers a powerful response to what Varner calls the "two dogmas of environmental ethics"-the assumptions that animal rights philosophies and anthropocentric views are each antithetical to sound environmental policy. Allowing that every living organism has interests which ought, other things being equal, to be protected, Varner contends that some interests take priority over others. He defends both a sentientist principle giving priority to the lives of organisms with conscious desires and an anthropocentric principle giving priority to certain very inclusive interests which only humans have. He then shows that these principles not only comport with but provide significant support for environmental goals.
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  • Title

    In Nature\'s Interests?

  • Author

    M University)

  • Book Format

    Paperback / softback

  • Publisher

    Oxford University Press

  • Published

    April 2002

  • Weight

    259g

  • Page Count

    164

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 1 cm

  • ISBN

    9780195152012

  • ISBN-10

    0195152018

  • Eden Code

    4562310

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