A world not made for us : topics in critical environmental philosophy / Keith R. Peterson.
"In A World Not Made for Us, Keith R. Peterson provides a broad reassessment of the field of environmental philosophy, taking a fresh and critical look at three classical problems of environmentalism: the intrinsic value of nature, the need for an ecological worldview, and a new conception of t...
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Albany, New York State :
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[2020]
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