People and the Planet

Don E. Marietta, Jr. is Adelaide R. Snyder Distinguished Professor of Ethics and Professor of Philosophy at Florida Atlantic University.

• Foreword --Holmes Rolston, III Introduction 1. Changing Perspectives on Nature 2. Holistic Philosophy and Ethics 3. Holism and Individuals 4. Anthropocentrism in Environmental Ethics 5. Knowledge of the Good and the Bad 6. Deciding What We Should Do 7. The Status of Values in Nature 8. Contextual Environmental Ethics 9. Moral Pluralism 10. Moral Disagreement 11. The Moral Adequacy of Humanistic Holism Notes Bibliography Index