An Invitation to Environmental Philosophy

by Anthony Weston (Editor), Val Plumwood, Jim Cheney

An Invitation to Environmental Philosphy is a short, accessible, and provocative work that motivates the basic questions, tells compelling stories, and offers a range of philosophical responses central to the growing field of environmental ethics. It responds to the students'/readers' actual questions and concerns; it offers a way into the field that compels and intrigues. The book is built around five individually authored chapters; each of which represents environmental philosophy in a somewhat different style. The chapters are neither "surveys" of the field nor narrow arguments for a particular author's view. Rather, each chapter opens doors into larger literatures and debates -- philosophical, ecological, and others. An epilogue offers a bibliographical guide to each of the chapters as well as concrete and practical "next steps" that one may take in confronting current and future environmental issues. This book is a perfect "invitation" to an environmental ethics or environmental philosophy course, a bridge into the more academic liteature, as well as an intriguing and rich supplement to a regular ethics course or interdisciplinary courses.

Genres: Philosophy, Environment

208 pages, Hardcover

First published October 15, 1998