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The rights of nature : a history of environmental ethics
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The rights of nature : a history of environmental ethics

Author: Roderick Nash
Publisher: Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, ©1989.
Series: History of American thought and culture.
Edition/Format:   Book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Traces the development of the concept that nature has rights, and examines the work of environmental activists.
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Nash, Roderick.
Rights of nature.
Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, c1989
(OCoLC)580165201
Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Roderick Nash
ISBN: 0299118401 9780299118402
OCLC Number: 18050795
Description: xiii, 290 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Ethical extension and radical environmentalism --From natural rights to the rights of nature --
Ideological origins of American environmentalism --
Ecology widens the cirle --
The greening of religion --
The greening of philosophy --
Liberating nature --
Abolitionism, environmentalism, and the limits of American liberalism.
Series Title: History of American thought and culture.
Responsibility: Roderick Frazier Nash.

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Traces the development of the concept that nature has rights, and examines the work of environmental activists.
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