Nature as Subject

Eric Katz is associate professor of philosophy and director of the Science, Technology, and Society Program at the New Jersey Institute of Technology.

• Chapter 1 Foreword by Mark Sagoff Chapter 2 Introduction Part 3 Part I: The Moral Consideration of Nature Chapter 4 Utilitarianism and Preservation Chapter 5 Is there a Place for Animals in the Moral Consideration of Nature? Organism, Community, and the "Substitution Problem" Chapter 6 Buffalo-killing and the Valuation of Species Chapter 7 Searching for Intrinsic Value Chapter 8 Defending the Use of Animals by Business Part 9 Part II: Restoration and Domination Chapter 10 The Big Lie Chapter 11 The Call of the Wild Chapter 12 Artefacts and Functions Chapter 13 Imperialism and Environmentalism Part 14 Part III: Justice, Genocide, and the Environment Chapter 15 Moving Beyond Anthropocentrism Chapter 16 Biodiversity and Ecological Justice Chapter 17 The Death of Nature Chapter 18 Nature's Presence Part 19 Part IV: History and Tradition Chapter 20 Judaism and the Ecological Crisis Chapter 21 The Traditional Ethics of Natural Resource Management Chapter 22 Bibliography Chapter 23 Index

The reader will be moved well beyond the ordinarily repetitively treated environmental issues of saving a particular organism, recycling, or saving a river or a rain forest.