The Structural Links between Ecology, Evolution and Ethics The Virtuous Epistemic Circle /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Bergandi, Donato (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Σειρά: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, 296
• Θέματα: Philosophy.; Ethics.; Philosophy and science.; Biology > Philosophy.; Philosophy of Science.; Philosophy of Biology.

Evolutionary biology, ecology and ethics: at first glance, three different objects of research, three different worldviews and three different scientific communities. In reality, there are both structural and historical links between these disciplines. First, some topics are obviously common across...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• List of Figures
• List of Contributors
• Acknowledgements
• 1 Ecology, Evolution, Ethics: In Search of a Meta-Paradigm - An Introduction; Donato Bergandi
• 2  Evolution Versus Creation: A Sibling Rivalry?; Michael Ruse
• 3  Evolution and Chance; Jean Gayon
• 4 Some Conceptions of Time in Ecology; Jean-Marc Drouin
• 5 Facts, Values, and Analogies: A Darwinian Approach to Environmental Choice; Bryan G. Norton
• 6 Towards EcoEvoEthics; Patrick Blandin
• 7 Ecology and Moral Ontology; John Baird Callicott
• 8 Animal Rights and Environmental Ethics; Tom Regan
• 9 Reconciling Individualist and Deeper Environmentalist Theories? An Exploration; Robin Attfield
• 10 Two Philosophies of the Environmental Crisis; Catherine Larrère 11 Epilogue : The Epistemic and Practical Circle in an Evolutionary, Ecologically Sustainable Society; Donato Bergandi
• Index.