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The Natural and the Artefactual: The Implications of Deep Science and Deep Technology for Environmental Philosophy Hardcover - 1999

by Keekok Lee


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In this book, philosopher Keekok Lee challenges one of the central assumptions of contemporary environmentalism: that if we could reduce or eliminate pollution we could 'save' the planet without unduly disrupting our modern, industrialized societies. Lee argues instead that the process of modernization, with its attendant emphasis on technological innovation, has fundamentally transformed 'nature' into just another manmade 'artefact.' Ultimately, what needs to be determined is if nature has value above and beyond human considerations, whether aesthetic, spiritual, or biological. This provocative book attempts to reconfigure environmental ethics, positing the existence of two separate ontological categories-the 'natural' and the 'artefactual.' Natural entities, be they organisms or inert matter, are 'morally considerable' because they possess the ontological value of independence, whereas artefacts are created by humans expressly to serve their own interests and ends.

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  • Title The Natural and the Artefactual: The Implications of Deep Science and Deep Technology for Environmental Philosophy
  • Author Keekok Lee
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 300
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Lexington Books, LanhamMD
  • Date 1999-06-10
  • ISBN 9780739100615 / 0739100610
  • Weight 1.26 lbs (0.57 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.98 x 6.1 x 0.82 in (22.81 x 15.49 x 2.08 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Nature - Effect of human beings on, Environmentalism - Philosophy
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 99-20325
  • Dewey Decimal Code 304.28

About the author

Keekok Lee is Reader in Philosophy at the University of Manchester, where she was also Director of the Centre for Philosophy and the Environment.
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