Plants as persons : a philosophical botany / Matthew Hall.
"Plants are people too? No, but in this work of philosophical botany Matthew Hall challenges readers to reconsider the moral standing of plants, arguing that they are other-than-human persons. Plants constitute the bulk of our visible biomass, underpin all natural ecosystems, and make life on E...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Albany, NY :
State University of New York Press,
[2011]
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| Series: | SUNY series on religion and the environment.
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| Summary: | "Plants are people too? No, but in this work of philosophical botany Matthew Hall challenges readers to reconsider the moral standing of plants, arguing that they are other-than-human persons. Plants constitute the bulk of our visible biomass, underpin all natural ecosystems, and make life on Earth possible. Yet plants are considered passive and insensitive beings rightly placed outside moral consideration. As the human assault on nature continues, more ethical behavior toward plants is needed. Hall surveys Western, Eastern, Pagan, and Indigenous thought as well as modern science for attitudes toward plants, noting the particular resources for plant personhood and those modes of thought which most exclude plants."--Back cover. |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 235 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1438434294 9781438434292 1438434286 9781438434285 |