Rolston, Holmes, 1932-, authorOxford University Press, publisher2016-12-142016-12-142017Rolston, Holmes, 1932-, The Anthropocene!: Beyond the Natural?, Gardiner, Stephen M. and Allen Thompson, eds., The Oxford Handbook of Environmental Ethics: 62-73. New York: Oxford University Press, 2017.http://hdl.handle.net/10217/178714Includes bibliographical references (pages 71-73).We are now entering the Anthropocene Epoch - so runs a recent enthusiastic claim. Humans can and ought to go beyond the natural and powerfully engineer a better planet, managing for climate change, building new ecosystems for a more prosperous future. Perhaps the Anthropocene is inevitable. But: Rejoice? Accommodate? Accept it, alas? Perhaps the wiser, more ethical course is not so much "beyond" as "keeping the natural in "symbiosis" with humans. Enter the Semi-Anthropocene! Basically Natural! Carefully!born digitalchapters (layout features)eng©2017 Oxford University Press.Copyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.environmental ethicsenvironmental policynaturalnatural resourceshumans and naturebiospheretechnospheregeoengineeringclimate changeadaptationwildernesswild natureplanetary managementvaluesintrinsic valueAnthropocene EpochText