Deane-Drummond, Celia
The Ethics of Nature
This accessible and timely book uses a Christian perspective to explore ethical debates about nature.
- A detailed exploration of humanity’s treatment of the natural world from a Christian perspective.
- Covers a range of ethical debates, including current controversies about the environment, animal rights, biotechnology, consciousness, and cloning.
- Sets the immediate issues in the context of underlying theological and philosophical assumptions.
- Complex scientific issues are explained in clear student-friendly language.
- The author develops her own distinctive ethical approach centred on the practice of wisdom.
- Discusses key figures in the field, including Peter Singer, Aldo Leopold, Tom Regan, Andrew Linzey, James Lovelock, Anne Primavesi, Rosemary Radford Ruether, and Michael Northcott.
- The author has held academic posts in both theology and plant science.
- Author(s)
- Deane-Drummond, Celia
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
- Publication year
- 2008
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Page amount
- 272 pages
- Category
- Religions
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9780470775240
- Printed ISBN
- 9780631229377
