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Biodiversity and environmental philosophy : an introduction /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sarkar, Sahotra
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Series:Cambridge studies in philosophy and biology.
Subjects:
Environmental sciences > Philosophy.
Bioethics.
Biodiversity.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • A focus on biodiversity
  • The structure of the book
  • Three flawed arguments
  • Concern for the environment
  • The myth of lost futures
  • The myth of the golden age
  • Wilderness
  • Intrinsic values and biocentrism
  • Adequacy conditions for a conservationist ethic
  • Two concepts of intrinsic value
  • Arguments for intrinsic value
  • Biocentrism and deep ecology
  • Animal welfare
  • Tempered anthropocentrism
  • Demand values
  • Transformative values
  • Obligations of conservation
  • Wilderness and aesthetic appreciation
  • The boundary problem
  • The directionality problem
  • Solutions
  • Adequacy tests
  • Problems of ecology
  • Ecological models
  • New directions
  • Extinction
  • The consensus view of conservation biology
  • Adaptive management
  • The place prioritization problem
  • The surrogacy problem
  • The viability problem
  • Defining "biodiversity"
  • Incommensurability and uncertainty
  • Types of values
  • Multiple criterion synchronization
  • The context of biodiversity
  • Coping with uncertainty
  • Probabilistic place prioritization
  • A bayesian future?
  • In conclusion: issues for the future
  • The value of biodiversity
  • The science of biodiversity conservation.