Rolston, Holmes, 1932-, authorRoman and Littlefield Publishers, publisher2007-01-032007-01-031998Rolston, Holmes, III, Down to Earth: Persons in Place in Natural History, Light, Andrew and Jonathan M. Smith, eds., Philosophy and Geography III: Philosophies of Place, 285-296. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 1998.http://hdl.handle.net/10217/48070Includes bibliographical references.On Earth living things have home territories. Biology, the logic of life, is always historical or "geographical," graphed out as world lines by embodied beings emplaced in Earth's natural history. Cultural history brings radical innovations. Modern humans do not live in niches in ecosystems; culture and agriculture, industry and technology transform those dependencies. Still, life remains storied residence on landscapes, where culture is, or ought to be, in harmony with nature. Humans can stand apart from the world and consider themselves in relation to it. An earth ethics ought to discover a global obligation to the whole inhabited planet.born digitalchapters (layout features)eng©1998 Rowman and Littlefield Publishers.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.earth ethicsglobal ethicsagriculturecultureecosystem nichesnatural historygeographical biologyhistorical biologyharmony with naturehumans part of naturehumans apart from natureText