Markku Oksanen / Juhani Pietarinen (eds.)

Philosophy and Biodiversity

Herausgeber: Oksanen, Markku; Pietarinen, Juhani

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This important collection focuses on the nature and importance of biodiversity. The concept is clarified and its intrinsic and instrumental value are discussed. Even though the term biodiversity was invented in the 1980s to promote the cause of species conservation, discussions on biological diversity go back to Plato. There are many controversies surrounding biodiversity and a few of them are examined here: What is worthy of protection or restoration and what is the acceptable level of costs? Is it permissible to kill sentient animals to promote native populations? Can species be reintroduced if they have disappeared a long time ago? How should the responsibilities for biodiversity be shared? This book will be of interest to philosophers of science and biologists, but also to anyone interested in conservation and the environment.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Juni 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 459g
• ISBN-13: 9780521039147
• ISBN-10: 0521039142
• Artikelnr.: 23002144

Autorenporträt

Markku Oksanen is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Kuopio, Finland.
Juhani Pietarinen is Professor Emeritus of Practical Philosophy at the University of Turku, Finland

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures and tables; List of contributors; Acknowledgements;
Biodiversity considered philosophically: an introduction Markku Oksanen;
Part I. Using 'Biodiversity': 1. The phenomenon of biodiversity Julia
Koricheva and Helena Siipi; 2. Making the biodiversity crisis tractable: a
process perspective Yrjö Haila; Part II. Understanding Biodiversity: 3.
Plato on diversity and stability in nature Juhani Pietarinen; 4.
Biodiversity, Darwin and the fossil record Kim Cuddington and Michael Ruse;
5. Biological diversity, ecological stability and downward causation
Gregory M. Mikkelson; Part III. Valuing Biodiversity: 6. Jean-Jacques
Rousseau: philosopher as botanist Finn Arler; 7. There is biodiversity and
biodiversity: implications for environmental philosophy Keekok Lee; 8.
Evaluating biodiversity for conservation: a victim of the traditional
paradigm Peter R. Hobson and Jed Bultitude; 9. Limits to sustainability in
nature conservation Dieter Birnbacher; Part IV. Protecting Biodiversity:
10. Biological diversity and conservation policy Kate Rawles; 11. Beavers
and biodiversity: the ethics of ecological restoration Christian Gamborg
and Peter Sandøe; 12. Differentiated responsibilities Robin Attfield;
Index.