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Author : John Charles Van Dyke
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 340 pages
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Download or read book Nature for Its Own Sake written by John Charles Van Dyke and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Leena Vilkka
Publisher : Rodopi
ISBN 13 : 9789042003255
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (32 download)
Download or read book The Intrinsic Value of Nature written by Leena Vilkka and published by Rodopi. This book was released on 1997 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is intrinsic value? What is the origin of value? Are people always superior to nature? This book is a philosophical analysis of the human relationship to the non-human world. It is a pioneering study of the philosophy of nature-conservation in relation to the discussion of intrinsic value. Vilkka develops a naturalistic or naturocentric theory of value that is based on ethical extensionism and pluralism. Vilkka analyzes natural values and environmental attitudes: zoocentrism, biocentrism, and ecocentrism. This book forms a taxonomy for nature having intrinsic value. The theory of intrinsic value is based on naturocentric and naturogenic values. The book questions the thesis of weak anthropocentrism that denies the existence of naturogenic values. In Vilkka's theory, animals and nature are the origin of value. She defends the existence of zoogenic and biogenic values in the non-human world and discusses the possibility of ecogenic value, nature as a whole having value independent of human or animal minds. Vilkka analyzes the goodness and rights of nature, the problem of priorities, and ecological humanism. A naturocentric recommendation is that the well-being of animals and nature should have priority over human values at least in some real decision contexts. Ecological humanism recommends an attitude of respect for people, animals, and nature. The book includes an extensive glossary, index, and bibliography.
Author : John Charles 1856-1932 Van Dyke
Publisher : Wentworth Press
ISBN 13 : 9781371323172
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (231 download)
Download or read book NATURE FOR ITS OWN SAKE written by John Charles 1856-1932 Van Dyke and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-27 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Charles Van Dyke
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Total Pages : 332 pages
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Download or read book Nature for Its Own Sake written by John Charles Van Dyke and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Charles Van Dyke
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781290261036
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (61 download)
Download or read book Nature for Its Own Sake; First Studies in Natural Appearances written by John Charles Van Dyke and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2012-01 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Author : John Charles Van Dyke
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Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (958 download)
Download or read book Nature for Its Own Sake written by John Charles Van Dyke and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John C. Van Dyke
Publisher : Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781497841024
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (41 download)
Download or read book Nature for Its Own Sake written by John C. Van Dyke and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is A New Release Of The Original 1921 Edition.
Author : John C. Van Dyke
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781440080821
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (88 download)
Download or read book Nature for Its Own Sake written by John C. Van Dyke and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-28 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Nature for Its Own Sake: First Studies in Natural Appearances So far as application or illustration is con cerned, my argument has no direct bearing upon any branch of science, literature, or art. I have used scientific facts occasionally to point a meaning without designing a scientific book I have in places spoken of literature, but the book is not an appeal to nature from those who have written about it; and as for art, the word does not appear after this preface. Painters or writ ers, with their truth or falsity of statement, are not my present concern. What, then, is the object of the book Simply to call attention to that nature around us which oa too many peo ple look at every day and yet never see, to show that light, form, and color are beautiful regard less of human meaning or use, to suggest what pleasure and profit may be derived from the study of that natural beauty which is everyone's untaxed heritage, and which may be had for the lifting of one's eves. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : John Charles Van Dyke
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ISBN 13 : 9784894394292
Total Pages : 525 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (942 download)
Download or read book Nature for Its Own Sake written by John Charles Van Dyke and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Charles Van Dyke
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Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (563 download)
Download or read book Nature for Its Own Sake written by John Charles Van Dyke and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Adam Green
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 110707813X
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Hidden Divinity and Religious Belief written by Adam Green and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of new essays is a groundbreaking examination of divine hiddenness from the perspectives of different faiths.
Author : Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Total Pages : 536 pages
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Download or read book The Academic Questions written by Marcus Tullius Cicero and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Terborgh
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 9781559635882
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (358 download)
Download or read book Requiem for Nature written by John Terborgh and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2004-07-09 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For ecologist John Terborgh, Manu National Park in the rainforest of Peru is a second home; he has spent half of each of the past twenty-five years there conducting research. Like all parks, Manu is assumed to provide inviolate protection to nature. Yet even there, in one of the most remote corners of the planet, Terborgh has been witness to the relentless onslaught of civilization.Seeing the steady destruction of irreplaceable habitat has been a startling and disturbing experience for Terborgh, one that has raised urgent questions: Is enough being done to protect nature? Are current conservation efforts succeeding? What could be done differently? What should be done differently? In Requiem for Nature, he offers brutally honest answers to those difficult questions, and appraises the prospects for the future of tropical conservation. His book is a clarion call for anyone who cares about the quality of the natural world we will leave our children.Terborgh examines current conservation strategies and considers the shortcomings of parks and protected areas both from ecological and institutional perspectives. He explains how seemingly pristine environments can gradually degrade, and describes the difficult social context –a debilitating combination of poverty, corruption, abuses of power, political instability, and a frenzied scramble for quick riches –in which tropical conservation must take place. He considers the significant challenges facing existing parks and examines problems inherent in alternative approaches, such as ecotourism, the exploitation of nontimber forest products, "sustainable use," and "sustainable development."Throughout, Terborgh argues that the greatest challenges of conservation are not scientific, but are social, economic, and political, and that success will require simultaneous progress on all fronts. He makes a compelling case that nature can be saved, but only if good science and strong institutions can be thoughtfully combined.
Author : Russell MUIRHEAD
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674041275
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (74 download)
Download or read book Just Work written by Russell MUIRHEAD and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This elegant essay on the justice of work focuses on the fit between who we are and the kind of work we do. Russell Muirhead shows how the common hope for work that fulfills us involves more than personal interest; it also points to larger understandings of a just society. We are defined in part by the jobs we hold, and Muirhead has something important to say about the partial satisfactions of the working life, and the increasingly urgent need to balance the claims of work against those of family and community. Against the tendency to think of work exclusively in contractual terms, Muirhead focuses on the importance of work to our sense of a life well lived. Our notions of freedom and fairness are incomplete, he argues, without due consideration of how we fit the work we do. Muirhead weaves his argument out of sociological, economic, and philosophical analysis. He shows, among other things, how modern feminism's effort to reform domestic work and extend the promise of careers has contributed to more democratic understandings of what it means to have work that fits. His account of individual and social fit as twin standards of assessment is original and convincing--it points both to the unavoidable problem of distributing bad work in society and to the personal importance of finding fulfilling work. These themes are pursued through a wide-ranging discussion that engages thinkers from Plato to John Stuart Mill to Betty Friedan. Just Work shows what it would mean for work to make good on the high promise so often invested in it and suggests what we--both as a society and as individuals--might do when it falls short.
Author : David Ebrey
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316299147
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (162 download)
Download or read book Theory and Practice in Aristotle's Natural Science written by David Ebrey and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-06-11 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aristotle argued that in theory one could acquire knowledge of the natural world. But he did not stop there; he put his theories into practice. This volume of new essays shows how Aristotle's natural science and philosophical theories shed light on one another. The contributors engage with both biological and non-biological scientific works and with a wide variety of theoretical works, including Physics, Generation and Corruption, On the Soul, and Posterior Analytics. The essays focus on a number of themes, including the sort of explanation provided by matter; the relationship between matter, teleology, and necessity; cosmic teleology; how an organism's soul and faculties relate to its end; how to define things such as sleep, void, and soul; and the proper way to make scientific judgments. The resulting volume offers a rich and integrated view of Aristotle's science and shows how it fits with his larger philosophical theories.
Author : Bernard Bosanquet
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Philosophical Theory of the State written by Bernard Bosanquet and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William R. Jordan
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 1597265136
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (972 download)
Download or read book Making Nature Whole written by William R. Jordan and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2011-07-26 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Making Nature Whole is a seminal volume that presents an in-depth history of the field of ecological restoration as it has developed in the United States over the last three decades. The authors draw from both published and unpublished sources, including archival materials and oral histories from early practitioners, to explore the development of the field and its importance to environmental management as well as to the larger environmental movement and our understanding of the world. Considering antecedents as varied as monastic gardens, the Scientific Revolution, and the emerging nature-awareness of nineteenth-century Romantics and Transcendentalists, Jordan and Lubick offer unique insight into the field's philosophical and theoretical underpinnings. They examine specifically the more recent history, including the story of those who first attempted to recreate natural ecosystems early in the 20th century, as well as those who over the past few decades have realized the value of this approach not only as a critical element in conservation but also as a context for negotiating the ever-changing relationship between humans and the natural environment. Making Nature Whole is a landmark contribution, providing context and history regarding a distinctive form of land management and giving readers a fascinating overview of the development of the field. It is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding where ecological restoration came from or where it might be going.
