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The rights of nature : a history of environmental ethics / Roderick Frazier Nash.

Nash, Roderick. (Author).

Summary:

Traces the development of the concept that nature has rights, and examines the work of environmental activists.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0299118401
  • ISBN: 9780299118402
  • ISBN: 0299118444
  • ISBN: 9780299118440
  • Physical Description: xiii, 290 pages ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, ©1989.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-278) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Ethical extension and radical environmentalism --From natural rights to the rights of nature -- Ideological origins of American environmentalism -- Ecology widens the cirle -- The greening of religion -- The greening of philosophy -- Liberating nature -- Abolitionism, environmentalism, and the limits of American liberalism.
Subject:
Environmental ethics > History.
Human ecology > Philosophy.
Environmental ethics.
Genre:
History.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lummi Library GF 80 .N37 1989 285513 Stacks Available -

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