In Defense of the Land Ethic: Essays in Environmental Philosophy

by J. Baird Callicott

Book Overview

In Defense of the Land Ethic: Essays in Environmental Philosophy brings into a single volume J. Baird Callicott's decade-long effort to articulate, defend, and extend the seminal environmental philosophy of Aldo Leopold. A leading voice in this new field, Callicott sounds the depths of the proverbial iceberg, the tip of which is "The Land Ethic."

"The Land Ethic," Callicott argues, is traceable to the moral psychology of David Hume and Charles...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0887069002
• ISBN13: 9780887069000
• Release Date: February 1989
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"