Ecological Ethics and the Human Soul: Aquinas, Whitehead, and the Metaphysics of Value

by Francisco J. Benzoni

In Ecological Ethics and the Human Soul: Aquinas, Whitehead, and the Metaphysics of Value, Francisco J. Benzoni addresses the pervasive and destructive view that there is a moral gulf between human beings and other creatures. Thomas Aquinas, whose metaphysics entails such a moral gulf, holds that human beings are ultimately separate from nature. Alfred North Whitehead, in contrast, maintains that human beings are continuous with the rest of nature...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0268022054
• ISBN13: 9780268022051
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"