The ethics of species /

"We are causing species to go extinct at extraordinary rates, altering existing species in unprecedented ways and creating entirely new species. More than ever before, we require an ethic of species to guide our interactions with them. In this book, Ronald L. Sandler examines the value of speci...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Sandler, Ronald L.
Corporate Author:	ebrary, Inc
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Series:	Cambridge applied ethics.
Subjects:	Environmental ethics. Bioethics. Species. Biodiversity. Nature > Effect of human beings on > Moral and ethical aspects. Human-animal relationships > Moral and ethical aspects. Conservation biology > Moral and ethical aspects. Mass extinctions > Moral and ethical aspects. Genetic engineering > Moral and ethical aspects. Climatic changes > Moral and ethical aspects. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction
The value of species
The conservation biology dilemma
Assisted colonization
Shifting goals and changing strategies
The (in)significance of species boundaries
Homo sapiens in particular
Artifactual species
Conclusion.