Introduction to Eco-Ethica

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

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The impact of science and technology on human life has given rise to a technology-mediated environment alongside our natural environment, presenting new issues concerning bioethics, environmental ethics, and the way in which technology is turning human beings into 'skilled animals.' The new field of eco-ethica explores issues arising from this changed habitat and our changing moral consciousness and presents an ethics that transcends interpersonal ethics so as to also encompass companies and governments. The author advocates learning from nature and argues that the human race has an ethical responsibility toward nature and things, including life itself. By demonstrating that virtues were created as necessary in the past, he raises the possibility of creating new virtues to meet contemporary needs. With a firm grasp of Western philosophy and ethics, the author adds a new dimension by contributing a Japanese perspective.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2009-08-05
Mått155 x 231 x 9 mm
Vikt181 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor110
FörlagUniversity Press of America
ISBN9780761845546
ÖversättareWakabayashi, Judy

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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