How to be a Green Liberal : Nature, Value and Liberal Philosophy.
It is often claimed by environmental philosophers and green political theorists that liberalism, the dominant tradition of western political philosophy, is too focused on the interests of human individuals to give due weight to the environment for its own sake. In ""How to be a Green Liber...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor and Francis,
2014
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | It is often claimed by environmental philosophers and green political theorists that liberalism, the dominant tradition of western political philosophy, is too focused on the interests of human individuals to give due weight to the environment for its own sake. In ""How to be a Green Liberal"", Simon Hailwood challenges this view and argues that liberalism can embrace a genuinely 'green', non-instrumental view of nature. The book's central claim is that nature's 'otherness', its being constituted of independent entities and processes that do not reflect our purposes, is a basis for value and c. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (206 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781317489207 1317489209 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
