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The Death of Our Planet's Species: A Challenge to Ecology and Ethics
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The Death of Our Planet's Species: A Challenge to Ecology and Ethics Hardcover - 2003 - 1st Edition

by Martin Gorke


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Human activities are responsible for nearly all species loss. Any concern expressed tends to be over potentially valuable resources - information for scientists, or compounds that could be used in new medicines - that are lost when a species disappears. This work examines the extinction crisis from both scientific and philosophical perspectives. It argues that such a utilitarian perspective is not only shortsighted but morally bankrupt. After an examination of the state of relevant ecological knowledge, it presents a case for attributing intrinsic value to all of nature, including all species. At the heart of the argument is the concept of morality. According to this analysis, the universal character of morality does not permit us to establish limits of moral considerability. Every act of exclusion from the moral community is an arbitrary act and is not compatible with a moral point of view.

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Almost inaudibly, but yet nonetheless real, a life-destructing process is currently taking place that is unprecedented in the history of humanity.

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  • Title The Death of Our Planet's Species: A Challenge to Ecology and Ethics
  • Author Martin Gorke
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 407
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Island Press, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
  • Date October 1, 2003
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9781559639576 / 1559639571
  • Weight 1.69 lbs (0.77 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6 x 1.4 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 3.56 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Ecology - Philosophy
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003006059
  • Dewey Decimal Code 333.95

About the author

Martin Gorke is Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Ethics at the University of Greifswald.

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