The land ethic at the turn of the millennium
Date
2000
Authors
Rolston, Holmes, 1932-, author
Kluwer Academic Publishers, publisher
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Colorado State University. Libraries
Abstract
Aldo Leopold's land ethic has proved more complex and subtle than he envisioned. Nevertheless Leopold launched what, facing a new millennium, has proved urgent on the global agenda: an environmental ethics concerned in theory and practice about appropriate respect for values carried by the natural world and human responsibilities for the sustaining of these values. A blending of anthropocentric and biocentric values continues to be vital. These duties toward nature involve analysis of ecosystem integrity and evolutionary dynamism at both scientific and philosophical levels; any responsible environmental policy must be based on plausible accounts of ecosystems and a sustainable biosphere. Humans and this planet have entwined destinies. We now envision an Earth ethic beyond the land ethic.
Description
Springer http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1008918517655.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 1057-1058).
Includes bibliographical references (pages 1057-1058).
Subject
naturalized ethics, Leopold, Aldo, earth ethics, environmental ethics, land ethic