Companion to A Sand County Almanac: Interpretive and Critical EssaysJ. Baird Callicott University of Wisconsin Press, 1987 M09 15 - 308 pages The first sustained study of Leopold's seminal book as well as a work of art, philosophy, and social commentary. |
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Page 187
... moral plea , altogether lacking a supporting theoretical frame- work — i.e . , foundational principles and premises which lead , by compelling argument , to ethical precepts . The professional neglect , confusion , and ( in some cases ) ...
... moral plea , altogether lacking a supporting theoretical frame- work — i.e . , foundational principles and premises which lead , by compelling argument , to ethical precepts . The professional neglect , confusion , and ( in some cases ) ...
Page 198
... moral value is not identified with a natural quality ob- jectively present in morally considerable beings — as reason and / or sentiency is objectively present in people and / or animals — it is , as it were , projected by valuing ...
... moral value is not identified with a natural quality ob- jectively present in morally considerable beings — as reason and / or sentiency is objectively present in people and / or animals — it is , as it were , projected by valuing ...
Page 207
... moral standing with others who possess the same qualification in equal degree . Hence , reasoning in this philosophically orthodox way , and forcing Leopold's the- ory to conform : if human beings are , with other animals , plants ...
... moral standing with others who possess the same qualification in equal degree . Hence , reasoning in this philosophically orthodox way , and forcing Leopold's the- ory to conform : if human beings are , with other animals , plants ...
Contents
Aldo Leopolds Early Years | 17 |
Aldo Leopolds Sand Country | 40 |
Aldo Leopolds Intellectual Heritage | 63 |
Copyright | |
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