Nature, God, and humanity : envisioning an ethics of nature

Nature, God, and humanity : envisioning an ethics of nature / Richard L. Fern.

Nature, God and Humanity weaves together philosophical, scientific, religious and cultural considerations to show why non-human animals and nature in general are proper objects of moral concern and how our well-being depends on harmony with nature-as-created.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fern, Richard L.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Subjects:
Philosophy of nature.
Ethics.
ethics (philosophy)
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Ethics
Philosophy of nature
Naturphilosophie
Ethik
Natuur.
Natuurfilosofie.
Humaniteit.
Religieuze aspecten.
Ethische aspecten.
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Table of Contents:
  • The Ethics of Nature
  • Moral concerns
  • Posing the question
  • Why people matter
  • Selves and sentients
  • Biotic egalitarianism
  • Moral principles
  • Living with moral indeterminacy
  • Humane holism
  • All creatures great and small
  • Autopoiesis
  • Species and ecosystems
  • Envisioning a holistic ethics of nature
  • The inherent value of wild nature
  • Mother nature
  • Humane holism
  • Ecological wisdom: a methodological interlude
  • Unresolved questions
  • The case for animal awareness
  • Scientific inquiry
  • The end of nature
  • Fuzzy science
  • Thinking like a mountain
  • Faith and reason
  • The Wild God
  • Religious faith
  • Religious naturalism
  • Theism
  • The reasonableness of faith
  • Theological reflection
  • Theistic naturalism
  • The radical Otherness of God
  • A free act
  • A constitutive act
  • An eschatological act
  • A conversational act
  • A self-limiting act
  • A vulnerable act
  • A loving act
  • A trusting act
  • A faithful act
  • The Body of Humanity
  • Human nature and good
  • The body of humanity
  • Speaking for God
  • Human nature
  • Culture-as-nature
  • Human good
  • Moral respect and normative authority
  • Why culture matters to an ethics of nature
  • The fellowship of creation
  • The big hug
  • Human dominion and the fellowship of creation
  • Toward a theistic ethics of nature
  • Predation in the wild
  • Human predation
  • The politics of nature.

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