A Morally Deep World: An Essay on Moral Significance and Environmental Ethics

Lawrence E. Johnson
Cambridge University Press
Edition: New Ed, 4/15/1993
EAN 9780521447065, ISBN10: 0521447062

Paperback, 312 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English

Lawrence Johnson advocates a major change in our attitude toward the nonhuman world. He argues that nonhuman animals, and ecosystems themselves, are morally significant beings with interests and rights. The author considers recent work in environmental ethics in the introduction and then presents his case with the utmost precision and clarity. Written in an attractive, nontechnical style, the book will be of particular interest to philosophers, environmentalists and ecologists.

Introduction
Towards the horizons of the moral universe
1. Some background - much of which is still in the foreground
2. Sweet reason
3. A matter of interest
4. Holism
5. A brief essay on the limitations of moral theory
6. Eco-interests
7. Deep and shallow.