The Spirit of the Soil; Agriculture and Environmental Ethics (Environmental Philosophies)
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The work is a fine and welcome contribution to a growing corpus of postconciliar research and will clearly benefit both students and professors alike..
-Michael Attridege, University of St. Michael's College Toronto Journal of Theology, 14/2(1998)
Book Description
The Spirit of the Soil challenges environmentalists to think more deeply about the ethical dimensions of agriculture's impact on the environment. Paul B. Thompson considers environmental problems in industrial agriculture such as the use of chemical pesticides and biotechnology. He compares the four "worldviews" which frame these issues-- productionism, economics, stewardship and holism--and examines potential responses to them according to different philosophical priorities.
Thompson concludes his analysis with an open-ended and necessarily incomplete formulation of sustainability as the key goal for recapturing the spirit of the soil. He discusses the work of Baird Callicott, Wendell Berry, Wes Jackson and Allan Savory, and reviews the potential of conventional environmental ethics and resource economics.
The Spirit of the Soil; Agriculture and Environmental Ethics (Environmental Philosophies)
The Spirit of the Soil (Environmental Philosophies),Paul Thompson,Routledge,041508623X,Agriculture,Business / Economics / Finance,Business Ethics,Environmental aspects,Environmental ethics,General,Moral and ethical aspects,Philosophy,Agriculture & Farming,Management of land & natural resources,Philosophy / General,Pollution & threats to the environment
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