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Rolston, Holmes (1932- ): American environmental and religious philosopher (Causey)
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1993) Causey, Ann S., author; Gale, publisher
Rolston is the father of environmental ethics. As such he occupies a singular place of importance in modern philosophy. He has devoted his distinguished career to plausibly and meaningfully interpreting the natural world from a philosophical perspective and is regarded as one of the world's leading scholars on the philosophical, scientific, and religious conceptions of nature.
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A philosopher gone wild (Karnos)
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1993) Rolston, Holmes, 1932-, author; Oxford University Press, publisher
Rolston found that, loving wisdom, he had to quarrel with Socrates, taking a natural turn. Indeed he found that he had to quarrel with the three disciplines he most loved: science, philosophy, and theology. None of them appropriately valued nature, which he had learned to love from the cradle in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and continuing as he became in his early adult years a naturalist in the Southern Appalachians. He became increasingly convinced of the intrinsic values in nature and equally dismayed by environmental degradation there. That led him to become a founder of environmental ethics. No one can really become a philosopher, loving wisdom, without caring for these sources in which we live, move, and have our being, the community of life on Earth.
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I married a "thinker"
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1995-2005) Rolston, Jane, author
Recollections of Holmes Rolston's wife Jane over the decades of her life married to a philosophical "thinker."
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Natural thinker
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1997) Lipsher, Steve, author; Denver Post, publisher
Thirty years after he laid the foundation for environmental ethics, Holmes Rolston continues to wrestle with one of the West's most contentious issues, bridging the human and the natural world. So revolutionary has Rolston's work been that this spring he won an invitation to Scotland to present the prestigious Gifford Lectures, an 110-year old lecture series that has featured some of the world's most creative and influential philosophers and scholars.
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Samtal med den värdefulla naturen: ett studium av miljöetiken hos Knud Løgstrup, Holmes Rolston III och Hans Jonas
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1999) Kvassman, Staffan, author; Staffan Kvassman, publisher
This is the English summary section from the book written by Staffan Kvassman about Holmes Rolston (and two others). The book was originally his Swedish doctoral dissertation published in 1999.
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A philosopher gone wild: CSU professor makes peace between God and science — and wins the world's most generous prize
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2003-04) Campbell, Greg, interviewer and author; Rolston, Holmes, 1932-, interviewee
Dr. Holmes Rolston is interviewed by Greg Campbell in April 2003. Dr. Holmes Rolston will receive the Templeton Prize, valued at more than $1 million, on May 7 in London's Buckingham Palace from Prince Philip. He will use the money to endow a chair in his name at his alma mater, Davidson College in North Carolina, in the fields of science and religion. His studies in philosophy of science, in evolutionary and ecosystem science, and as an accomplished biologist have made Rolston the leading voice for protecting biodiversity — not only out of respect for nature, but also due to religious obligation. He already has carved on his future tombstone this epitaph: "Philosopher Gone Wild." That's his life well-lived.
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U.S. Congressional Record - Rolston congratulated
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2003-04-30) McInnis, Scott, author; U.S. G.P.O., publisher
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Rolston, Holmes (Britannica)
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2004) Turner, Darrell J., author; Encyclopedia Britannica, publisher
The "father of environmental ethics" has spent his life in what he calls a lover's quarrel with science and religion. "I had to fight both theology and science to love nature," Rolston said when he was named the recipient of the 2003 Templeton Prize for Progress Toward Research or Discoveries about Spiritual Realities. Rolston published the first article in a major philosophical journal to challenge the idea that nature is value-free and that all values stem from a human perspective.
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Entrevista: Dr. Holmes Rolston III
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2004) Griffith, James, author; Universidade Federal de Viçosa, publisher
An interview of Rolston in the extension journal of the Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Brazil. Rolston recalls visits to Brazil, first for the 1992 UNCED Conference in Rio de Janeiro and the second in 2000 for the II Brazilian National Conference on Protected Areas, in Campo Grande. Concern for a sustainable biosphere has more priority than sustainable development. Living on Earth is not just looking out for ourselves, but ought also to show concern for the larger community of life on Earth, so marvelously exemplified in Brazil.
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Holmes Rolston III 1932- / by Jack Weir (Japanese)
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2004) Weir, Jack, author; Jiyuji, Sudou, author; Misuzu Shobo, publisher
Holmes Rolston is widely recognized as the "father of environmental ethics" as an academic discipline. More so than any other, he has shaped the essential nature, scope and issues of the discipline. The following six principles are basic to his work: 1. The Homologous Principle: Follow Nature; 2. The Value-Capture Principle; 3. The Organic Principle: Respect for Life; 4. The Species Principle: Preserve 'Forms' of Life; 5. The Ecosystemic Principle; 6. The Three 'Environments' Principle: Urban, Rural and Wilderness (or, the Nature-Culture Principle).
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Rolston III, Holmes (1932-) (Posas)
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2005) Posas, Paula J., author; Thoemmes Continuum Publishers, publisher
Rolston is widely recognized as the "father of environmental ethics," his writings making clear an ethics of nature, with intrinsic, instrumental, and systemic value. Ethics are for people but not only about people. Humans ought not always to put themselves first, but to put themselves in place in the biospheric community in which they reside. Only then will they become Homo sapiens, the "wise species."
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Eigingildi í náttúrunni -- heimspeki á villigötum?
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2005) Arnason, Thorvardur, author; University of Iceland, publisher
Ethics has been constantly becoming more inclusive, and that ought to encompass the larger community of life on Earth. Values are present in living organisms, independently of humans. Iceland has more opportunity for protecting a larger proportion of its landscape as wild nature than does the United States, or other more temperate nations. Rolston finds the Iceland environment challenging, in some ways recalling the challenges he faced in Antarctica. Hugur is an annual, the only Icelandic periodical that is solely dedicated to philosophy.
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Holmes Rolston, III - CSU history
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2007) Hansen, James E., 1938-, author; Colorado State University, publisher
Rolston has been important in Colorado State University's strategic planning for enhanced student learning. He was the first University Distinguished Professor to be named outside the natural sciences. He has a scholarly reputation comparable to CSU's most successful researchers and is as knowledgeable about science generally as are most such specialists. Rolston's classes have been characterized both by rigorous standards and by a welcoming atmosphere conducive to the thoughtful exchange of ideas.
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Nature, value, duty: life on Earth with Holmes Rolston, III: book summary
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2007) Preston, Christopher J., editor; Ouderkirk, Wayne, editor; Springer, publisher
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Invited lectures, symposia conducted
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2009) Rolston, Holmes, 1932-, author
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Rolston, Holmes, III, 1932- (Cafaro)
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2009) Cafaro, Philip, author; Gale, publisher
Rolston's forty year career at Colorado State University has been devoted to analyzing and advocating value in nature, especially the intrinsic value of nature. Such value generates an obligation to respect nature and to conserve it. Rolston further examines how this translates into environmental policy regarding endangered species, wilderness conservation, sustainable development, and corporate responsibility. In result, Rolston has become "the father of environmental ethics." He gave the Gifford Lectures, University of Edinburgh, was awarded the Templeton Prize in Religion, and has lectured on seven continents.
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Interview with a true green giant
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2009) Crumm, David, author; David Crumm Media, publisher
Rolston is a true "green giant," urging the kinds of experience people all need to share, if humans are to survive as a species. He is working to knit together a rather unlikely community of secular scientists, nature lovers, public policy experts, and people of faith. Rolston claims to do his best teaching by sneaking up on people and inviting them to get in a whole lot deeper than they previously thought possible. He is something of a mixture of Charles Darwin, the Dalai Llama, Al Gore, and Billy Graham.
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Rolston's books and articles have been used as class text materials at the following universities and colleges, among others
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2009) Rolston, Holmes, 1932-, author
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Saving creation: nature and faith in the life of Holmes Rolston III: book summary
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2009) Preston, Christopher J. (Christopher James), 1968-, author; Trinity University Press, publisher
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Saving creation: nature and faith in the life of Holmes Rolston III (review)
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2010) Brueggemann, Walter, author; Christian Century, publisher
Book review of Christopher Preston's Saving Creation: nature and faith in the life of Holmes Rolston III. Christopher Preston offers a winsome, straightforward account of Rolston's life, bringing him the recognition and full appreciation that are appropriate for this remarkable person and his unassuaged passion for honoring and protecting creation. Preston concludes with a splendid reflection on how Rolston has managed, in a bold and imaginative way, to bring coherence to his Christian nuture and his passion for nature. Rolston has a remarkable capacity to make magnificently informed connections across the scientific data.