| Author: | Freya Matthews | ISBN: | 9781134840663 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | May 23, 2006 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | Freya Matthews |
| ISBN: | 9781134840663 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | May 23, 2006 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
This is the first book-length treatment of the metaphysical foundations of ecological ethics. The author seeks to provide a metaphysical illumination of the fundamental ecological intuitions that we are in some sense `one with' nature and that everything is connected with everything else. Drawing on contemporary cosmology, systems theory and the history of philosophy, Freya Mathews elaborates a new metaphysics of `interconnectedness'. She offers an inspiring vision of the spiritual implications of ecology, which leads to a deepening of our conception of conservation.
This is the first book-length treatment of the metaphysical foundations of ecological ethics. The author seeks to provide a metaphysical illumination of the fundamental ecological intuitions that we are in some sense `one with' nature and that everything is connected with everything else. Drawing on contemporary cosmology, systems theory and the history of philosophy, Freya Mathews elaborates a new metaphysics of `interconnectedness'. She offers an inspiring vision of the spiritual implications of ecology, which leads to a deepening of our conception of conservation.
