Rolston, Holmes (1932- ): American environmental and religious philosopher (Causey)
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Causey, Ann S., author
Gale, publisher
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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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Reprinted in 2nd edition (1998): 898-899. Reprinted in Environmental Encyclopedia, 3rd edition, 2, N-Z: 1224-1225, Bortman, Marci, Peter Brimblecombe, Mary Ann Cunningham, William P. Cunningham, and William Freedman, eds. Detroit: Thomson/Gale, 2003.
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biography
environmental ethics
religion
science
Rolston, Holmes, 1932-2025