The Ethics of Species
An Introduction
by:
Ronald L. Sandler
ISBN:
1107658705
ISBN 13:
9781107658707
The Ethics of Species
by
Ronald L. Sandler
Develops and defends an ethic of species preservation, genetic modification, human enhancement and species creation.
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Complete description
We are causing species to go extinct at extraordinary rates, altering existing species in unprecedented ways and creating entirely new species. More than ever before, we require an ethic of species to guide our interactions with them. In this book, Ronald L. Sandler examines the value of species and the ethical significance of species boundaries and discusses what these mean for species preservation in the light of global climate change, species engineering and human enhancement. He argues that species possess several varieties of value, but they are not sacred. It is sometimes permissible to alter species, let them go extinct (even when we are a cause of the extinction) and invent new ones. Philosophically rigorous, accessible and illustrated with examples drawn from contemporary science, this book will be of interest to students of philosophy, bioethics, environmental ethics and conservation biology.
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General info
Publisher & Imprint:
Cambridge University Press
City:
Cambridge
Pages:
245
More info:
height 247 mm
width 174 mm
weight 490 gr
thickness 12 mm
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Age recommended:
Professional and scholarly
Subject Indexing & Classification
Dewey:(DC23) 179.1
Departments:
Bio-ethics;
Record updated at:
18 June, 2013
time:
14:26
Summary
The Ethics of Species
Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. The value of species; 3. The conservation biology dilemma; 4. Assisted colonization; 5. Shifting goals and changing strategies; 6. The (in)significance of species boundaries; 7. Homo sapiens in particular; 8. Artifactual species; 9. Conclusion.
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