ISBN:
9780262336499
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (329 pages)
Parallel Title:
Print version Hale, Benjamin The Wild and the Wicked : On Nature and Human Nature
DDC:
304.2
Keywords:
Environmentalism--Philosophy
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Electronic books
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Online-Publikation
Abstract:
A brief foray into a moral thicket, exploring why should protect nature despite tsunamis, malaria, bird flu, cancer, killer asteroids, and tofu
Abstract:
CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- NATURE'S VALUE, THE CHOICES WE MAKE, AND THE LIVES WE LIVE -- WHAT GREEN MEANS -- ABOUT THE BOOK -- What to Expect -- Act I -- 1 Return to the Paleocene -- GONE -- CONNECTING THE DOTS -- THE FORECAST: UNPLEASANT, WITH A CHANCE OF TERRIBLE -- DISASTER OF OUR OWN MAKING -- PRELIMINARY EXPECTORATIONS: FORGET WHAT YOU KNOW -- CATASTROPHE REDUX -- THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD FUTURE ARGUMENT -- 2 The Precious Vase -- LOCKDOWN -- CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER -- TREE HUGGER 101: THE BIRDS, THE BEES, AND THE LOVELY TREES -- CANARIES, COAL MINES, AND THE WEB OF RELATIONS -- BEES AND THE BOTTOM LINE -- GREEN IS NO GOOD -- 3 Rustling in the Bushes -- HORROR -- TERRA INCOGNITA -- RAINBOW OF FLAVORS -- ELEVATORS AND AIR CONDITIONERS -- THE CRUELEST MISTRESS -- MOMMY DEAREST -- 4 The Wild and the Wicked -- CRASH BOOM -- FREEZE-FRAME: STATES OF THE WORLD -- THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT SHOULD: DECISION JUNCTURES -- RUBBER, MEET ROAD: ACTIONS AND EVENTS -- Act II -- 5 Control Freak -- BOUND AND DETERMINED -- THE DRIVER AND THE DRIVEN -- OUTSIDE FORCES -- THE MIDNIGHT CUPCAKE THIEF: WILLING AND WANTING -- YOU GOT YOUR NATURE IN MY PEANUT BUTTER -- CARNIVORE, OMNIVORE, HERBIVORE, LOCAVORE: PRINCIPLES AND HABITS -- 6 Dr. Feelgood and Mr. Fix-It Go to the Picture Show -- THE BIGGEST FATTEST AWESOMEST AIR CONDITIONER MONEY CAN BUY -- THE ELIXIR OF UTOPIA -- HENNY PENNY AND THE UGLY DUCKLING -- WHY HONEY, IT'S PERFECT! -- FLU SHOT ROULETTE -- EXPLAIN YOURSELF -- 7 The Voter's Conundrum -- SUCKER'S BALLOT: WHY WE VOTE -- WHERE THERE'S A WILL, THERE'S A WHY -- EXPLIFICATION -- WORD-SALAD SANDWICH -- OF WHISKEY AND DARTBOARDS -- THE RIGHT AS THE JUSTIFIED -- Act III -- 8 The Axes of Evildoers -- FIRE AT TWO ELK -- WHO'S ON FIRST? WHAT'S ON THIRD? -- THE ROOTS OF ALL EVIL -- EPISTEMIC CLOSURE -- BENEFIT-DOUBT ANALYSIS
Abstract:
OVER THE RIVER: REORDERING OUR REASONS -- 9 The Green's Gambit -- DON'T FEED THE BEARS -- HE WHO HAS THE GOLD MAKES THE RULES -- ICE BATH -- THE RULES OF THE ROAD -- THE SENSITIVITY OF CAR ALARMS -- TRADING PLACES -- PHILOSOPHY, NOW MORE THAN EVER: SECURING OUR ENDS -- 10 The Good Green Life -- THE PARABLE OF WICKED AND WILD -- EARTH -- FOURIER'S BLANKET -- PUBLIC HEALTH MENACE -- HAVING A REASON -- THE VIRIDIAN COMMONWEALTH -- Postscript: The Right Thing for the Right Reason -- Notes -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1: RETURN TO THE PALEOCENE -- CHAPTER 2: THE PRECIOUS VASE -- CHAPTER 3: RUSTLING IN THE BUSHES -- CHAPTER 4: THE WILD AND THE WICKED -- CHAPTER 5: CONTROL FREAK -- CHAPTER 6: DR. FEELGOOD AND MR. FIX-IT GO TO THE PICTURE SHOW -- CHAPTER 7: THE VOTER'S CONUNDRUM -- CHAPTER 8: THE AXES OF EVILDOERS -- CHAPTER 9: THE GREEN'S GAMBIT -- CHAPTER 10: THE GOOD GREEN LIFE -- INDEX
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