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The Wild and the Wicked : On Nature and Human Nature

Cumberland : MIT Press, 2016 [©2016]

1 Online-Ressource (329 pages)

Englisch

Print version: Hale, Benjamin : The Wild and the Wicked : On Nature and Human Nature. - Cumberland : MIT Press,c2016

978-0-262-33649-9 ( : electronic bk.)

978-0-262-03540-8 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

OCoLC: 1015767527     

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang über Aggregator-Datenbank (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

GE195.H34 2016

304.2     Ähnliche Literatur

LOC-SH: Environmentalism--Philosophy

A brief foray into a moral thicket, exploring why should protect nature despite tsunamis, malaria, bird flu, cancer, killer asteroids, and tofu

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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