Tomonobu Imamichi is a philosopher who has taught in both Japan and Europe, and published extensively on matters of ethics and philosophy. He has been director of the Centre International pour Étude Comparée de Philosophie et d'Esthétique since 1979 and a leading force behind the annual International Symposium on Eco-Ethica. He is professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo.

• Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 Preface to the English EditionChapter 3 Chapter 1: Preliminary Thoughts on the Essence of Eco-EthicaPart 4 1. Why ethics now?Part 5 2. The contrary opposition between death and virtuePart 6 3. The unprecedented ethical issues raised by new technologyChapter 7 Chapter 2: Reinstating EthicsPart 8 1. Our responsibility toward nature and thingsPart 9 2. Changes affecting the human habitatPart 10 3. Ethics for living wellPart 11 4. Why is ethics being forgotten?Part 12 5. Turning into skilled animalsPart 13 6. Eco-ethica in our day-to-day livesChapter 14 Chapter 3: A New Virtue EthicsPart 15 1. Virtues as the specific manifestations of an ethical systemPart 16 2. The history of creating virtuesPart 17 3. The creation of new virtuesChapter 18 Chapter 4: Morals and LogicPart 19 1. The Japanese moral consciousnessPart 20 2. The technology-mediated environment and changes in moral consciousnessPart 21 3. The logical structure of actionPart 22 4. Technological abstraction - a new form of abstractionPart 23 5. Self-Regulation of technology and of humansPart 24 6. The mythos of fireChapter 25 Chapter 5: Human Beings and NaturePart 26 1. The position of human beings in primordial naturePart 27 2. Nature and the technology-mediated environmentPart 28 3. Learning from natureChapter 29 Invitees to the International Symposium on Eco-ethicaChapter 30 Index