Morality's Progress is the summation of nearly three decades of work by Dale Jamieson, a leading figure in environmental ethics and bioethics. The twenty-two papers here are invigoratingly diverse, but together tell a unified story about various aspects of the morality of our relationships to animals and to nature. The volume begins by addressing the possibility of moral progress and the value of practical ethics. It then moves on to discuss the nature of animal minds, and our moral duties with respect to animals; it concludes with essays that address larger environmental questions. Considered as a whole, Morality's Progress is an attempt to draw out the moral consequences of a thoroughgoing Darwinian Naturalism. The perspective that informs this work is philosophically naturalist, morally consequentialist, and metaethically constructivist. Jamieson's essays will convince sceptics that thinking about our moral relations to animals and nature can offer great intellectual reward, and his work here sets a challenging, controversial agenda for the future.
Les mer
'Morality's Progress' contains 22 papers which tell a unified story about various aspects of the morality of our relationships to animals and to nature. Jamieson's essays aim to convince sceptics that thinking about these relations offers great intellectual reward, and his work here sets a challenging, controversial agenda for the future.
Les mer
Preface ; 1. Morality's Progress ; 2. Is Applied Ethics Worth Doing? ; 3. Great Apes and the Human Resistance to Equality ; 4. Science, Knowledge, and Animal Minds ; 5. On Aims and Methods of Cognitive Ethology (with Marc Bekoff) ; 6. Cognitive Ethology at the End of Neuroscience ; 7. Pain and the Evolution of Behaviour ; 8. On the Ethics of the Use of Animals in Science (with Tom Regan) ; 9. Experimenting on Animals: A Reconsideration ; 10. Ethics and the Study of Animal Cognition (with Marc Bekoff) ; 11. Against Zoos ; 12. Zoos Revisited ; 13. Wild/Captive and Other Suspect Dualisms ; 14. Animal Liberation is an Environmental Ethic ; 15. Ecosystem Health: Some Preventive Medicine ; 16. Values in Nature ; 17. The City Around Us ; 18. Ethics, Public Policy, and Global Warming ; 19. Global Environmental Justicw ; 20. Discourse and Moral Responsibility in Biotechnical Communication ; 21. Sustainability and Beyond ; 22. Afterword: Child of the Sixties ; Bibliography ; Index
Les mer
Jamieson's style of philosophising combines common-sense thinking and rigid philosophical analysis and is scientifically informed. He articulates interesting links between different thinkers. Moreover, he does not merely focus on fascinating theoretical questions but also analyses key concepts (sustainability, ecosystem health, value) in environmental discourse, investigates important case studies (zoos, animal experimentation, global warming, biotechnology) and formulates considered value judgements. As a result his philosophical essays are exceptionally accessible to and interesting for philosophers and non-philosophers alike. In brief, what one may expect of environmental ethics at its best.
Les mer
`An outstanding collection of essays - full of compassion and insight. Dale Jamieson addresses critical issues in the animal protection and environmental movements with clarity, elegance, and courage. If you care about making this place a better place for all life, this book should be on your bookshelf.' Jane Goodall `Dale Jamieson's intellect is sharp, his moral sensitivity is acute, and his writing is lucid. In Morality's Progress he uses these qualities to probe deep questions about animals, nature, biotechnology, environmental justice, and the nature of ethics itself. This is a book that all those concerned about these questions should read. It is not only about morality's progress, it is itself a contribution to it.' Peter Singer
Les mer
Dale Jamieson's best work in one volume Direct, provocative, and engaging Accessible to anyone interested in ethical questions about animals and the environment Free-standing essays, but forming a systematic worldview
Les mer
Dale Jamieson is Henry R. Luce Professor in Human Dimensions of Global Change at Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota.
Dale Jamieson's best work in one volume Direct, provocative, and engaging Accessible to anyone interested in ethical questions about animals and the environment Free-standing essays, but forming a systematic worldview
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780199251452
Publisert
2002
Utgiver
Vendor
Clarendon Press
Vekt
569 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
157 mm
Dybde
20 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
396

Forfatter

Biographical note

Dale Jamieson is Henry R. Luce Professor in Human Dimensions of Global Change at Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota.