Beyond the Land Ethic

<p><b>A leading theorist addresses a wide spectrum of topics central to the field of environmental philosophy.</b></p><p><b><i>CHOICE</i></b><b> 1999 Outstanding Academic Title</b></p><p>A sequel to Callicott's pioneering work In Defense of the Land Ethic Beyond the Land Ethic engages a wide spectrum of topics central to the field including the troubled relationship of environmental philosophy to current mainstream academic philosophy; the relationship of recent developments in evolutionary and ecological sciences to the Leopold land ethic long championed by the author; the perennial debates in environmental ethics about the ontological status of intrinsic value and the necessity of moral pluralism; the metaphysical implications of ecology and the New Physics as manifest in agriculture medicine and industrial technology; and the philosophical dimensions of conservation biology and clinical ecology.</p>