With Respect For Nature: Living As Part Of The Natural World (Suny Series in Environmental Philosophy and Ethics)

We eat, inevitably, at the expense of other living creatures. How can we take the lives of plants and animals while maintaining a proper respect for both ecosystems and the individuals who live in them--including ourselves? In this book philosopher J. Claude Evans challenges much of the accepted wisdom in environmental ethics and argues that human participation in the natural cycles of life and death can have positive moral value. With a guide for the nonphilosophical reader, and set against the background of careful and penetrating critiques of Albert Schweitzer's principle of reverence for life and Paul Taylor's philosophy of respect for nature, Evans uses hunting and catch-and-release fishing as test cases in calling for a robust sense of membership in the natural world. The result is an approachable, existential philosophy that emphasizes the positive value of human involvement in natural processes in which life and death, giving and receiving, self and other are intertwined. With Respect for Nature: Living as Part of theNatural World......Page 4 CONTENTS......Page 6 PREFACE......Page 8 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 20 DEDICATION......Page 22 Part I. R*E*S*P*E*C*TFINDING OUT WHAT IT MEANS . . .......Page 24 1. THE CHALLENGE OF ANIMAL RIGHTS AND ANIMAL LIBERATION PHILOSOPHY......Page 26 Part II. ALBERT SCHWEITZER THE PRINCIPLE OF REVERENCE FOR LIFE......Page 46 2. ALBERT SCHWEITZER’S PHILOSOPHY OF REVERENCE FOR LIFE......Page 48 3. CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF SCHWEITZER’S ETHICS OF REVERENCE FOR LIFE......Page 82 Part III. PAUL TAYLOR’S ETHICS OF RESPECT FOR NATURE......Page 98 4. THE BIOCENTRIC ETHICS OF PAUL TAYLOR......Page 100 5. CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF TAYLOR’S PHILOSOPHY OF RESPECT FOR NATURE......Page 120 Part IV. RESPECT FOR NATURE AND BIOCENTRIC ANTHROPOCENTRISM......Page 150 6. BIOCENTRIC ANTHROPOCENTRISM......Page 152 7. TOWARD A PHILOSOPHY OF THE HUNT......Page 181 Part V. THE ETHICS OF CATCH AND RELEASE FISHING......Page 206 8. FISHING FOR FISH VERSUS FISHING FOR PLEASURE: A. A. LUCE AND THE ETHICS OF CATCH AND RELEASE FISHING......Page 208 9. THE PRACTICE OF CATCH AND RELEASE FISHING......Page 218 APPENDIX......Page 244 PREFACE......Page 260 CHAPTER 1......Page 262 CHAPTER 2......Page 264 CHAPTER 3......Page 267 CHAPTER 4......Page 268 CHAPTER 5......Page 270 CHAPTER 6......Page 272 CHAPTER 7......Page 276 CHAPTER 9......Page 278 APPENDIX......Page 280 BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 282 C......Page 298 H......Page 299 M......Page 300 R......Page 301 W......Page 302 Z......Page 303 We Eat, Inevitably, At The Expense Of Other Living Creatures. How Can We Take The Lives Of Plants And Animals While Maintaining A Proper Respect For Both Ecosystems And The Individuals Who Live In Them - Including Ourselves? In This Book Philosopher J. Claude Evans Challenges Much Of The Accepted Wisdom In Environmental Ethics And Argues That Human Participation In The Natural Cycles Of Life And Death Can Have Positive Moral Value.--jacket. Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Dedication -- Pt. 1. Respect : Finding Out What It Means -- Ch. 1. Ch. 1. The Challenge Of Animal Rights And Animal Liberation -- Pt. 2. Albert Schweitzer : The Principle Of Reverence For Life -- Ch. 2. Albert Schweitzer's Philosophy Of Reverence For Life -- Ch. 3. Critical Examination Of Schweitzer's Ethics Of Reverence For Life -- Pt. 3. Paul Taylor's Ethics Of Respect For Nature -- Ch. 4. The Biocentric Ethics Of Paul Taylor -- Ch. 5. Critical Analysis Of Taylor's Philosophy Of Respect For Nature -- Pt. 4. Respect For Nature And Biocentric Anthropocentrism -- Ch. 6. Biocentric Anthropocentrism -- Ch. 7. Toward A Philosophy Of The Hunt -- Pt. 5. The Ethics Of Catch And Release Fishing -- Ch. 8. Fishing For Fish Versus Fishing For Pleasure : A.a. Luce And The Ethics Of Catch And Release Fishing -- Ch. 9. The Practice Of Catch And Release Fishing -- Appendix : Faith, Reason, And Animal Welfare -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. J. Claude Evans. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 259-274) And Index. Some of the seminal work in what has come to be known as "animal rights" or "animal liberation" theory has involved extending to animals a moral status or a "respect" that has generally been accepted for human beings.