The Ethics of Nature

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Wiley, Jan 16, 2004 - Nature - 256 pages
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This accessible and timely book uses a Christian perspective to explore ethical debates about nature.

  • A detailed exploration of humanity’s treatment of the natural world from a Christian perspective.
  • Covers a range of ethical debates, including current controversies about the environment, animal rights, biotechnology, consciousness, and cloning.
  • Sets the immediate issues in the context of underlying theological and philosophical assumptions.
  • Complex scientific issues are explained in clear student-friendly language.
  • The author develops her own distinctive ethical approach centred on the practice of wisdom.
  • Discusses key figures in the field, including Peter Singer, Aldo Leopold, Tom Regan, Andrew Linzey, James Lovelock, Anne Primavesi, Rosemary Radford Ruether, and Michael Northcott.
  • The author has held academic posts in both theology and plant science.

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About the author (2004)

Celia E. Deane-Drummond is Professor of Theology and Biological Sciences at University College Chester and Director of the Centre for Religion and the Biosciences. Her recent publications include Creation Through Wisdom: Theology and the New Biology (2000), Biology and Theology Today: Exploring the Boundaries (2001), Re-Ordering Nature: Theology, Society and the New Genetics (ed., 2003) and Brave New World: Theology, Ethics and the Human Genome (ed., 2003).

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TitleThe Ethics of Nature
Volume 4 of New Dimensions to Religious Ethics
AuthorCelia Deane-Drummond
Editionillustrated
PublisherWiley, 2004
ISBN0631229388, 9780631229384
Length256 pages
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Nature / Ecology
Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection
Religion / Christian Theology / Ethics
Religion / Ethics
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