The rights of nature : a history of environmental ethics / Roderick Frazier Nash.

Author
Nash, Roderick [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, ©1989.
Description
xiii, 290 pages ; 24 cm.

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      Series
      History of American thought and culture [More in this series]
      Summary note
      Traces the development of the concept that nature has rights, and examines the work of environmental activists.
      Notes
      Includes index.
      Bibliographic references
      Bibliography: p. 273-278.
      Contents
      • Ethical extension and radical environmentalism --From natural rights to the rights of nature
      • Ideological origins of American environmentalism
      • Ecology widens the circle
      • The greening of religion
      • The greening of philosophy
      • Liberating nature
      • Abolitionism, environmentalism, and the limits of American liberalism.
      ISBN
      • 0299118401
      • 9780299118402
      • 0299118444
      • 9780299118440
      LCCN
      88017169
      OCLC
      18050795
      International Article Number
      • 9780299118440
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