Crosby The Thou of Nature

Religious Naturalism and Reverence for Sentient Life
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-4384-4671-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 180 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Explores the spiritual obligations of humans to animals from a religious naturalist’s perspective.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Crosby, Donald A.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

1. Religious Naturalism and Three Scientific Revolutions

Introduction
The Cosmological Revolution
The Evolutionary Revolution
The Ecological Revolution
The Lesson of the Three Scientific Revolutions

2. Inwardness and Awareness in Nature

Introduction
Inwardness of Life and Inwardness of Mind
Mind and Consciousness in Nature
The Range of Conscious Awareness on Earth

3. Presumptive Rights and Conflicts of Rights

Introduction
Three Rs of the Thou of Nature
A Scheme of Presumptive Natural Rights
A Fourth R of the Thou of Nature
Conflicts of Rights

4. Hunting and Fishing

Introduction
Hunting
Fishing
Responses to the Charge of Impractical Idealism

5. Eating and Wearing

Introduction
Using Animals for Food
The Vegetarian Response
Using Animals for Apparel and Other Purposes

6. Other Areas of Responsibility and Concern

Introduction
Experimenting on Animals
Rodeos, Circuses, Zoos, and Aquariums
Endangered Species and Despoliations of Natural Environments
The Human Population Explosion
The Threat of Global Climate Chagne

7. A New Moral and Religious Consciousness

Introduction
Empowerment in Religion of Nature
Objections and Replies
Principles and Prescriptions

Notes
Works Cited
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Donald A. Crosby is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Colorado State University. He is the author of Faith and Reason: Their Roles in Religious and Secular Life; Living with Ambiguity: Religious Naturalism and the Menace of Evil; A Religion of Nature; and The Specter of the Absurd: Sources and Criticisms of Modern Nihilism, all published by SUNY Press.