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 78
... reason enough for an ethical relationship . " A moral being , " he simplified the matter , " respects a living thing . " This proposition , of course , could and would receive intensive scrutiny by later philosophers . But Leopold ...
... reason enough for an ethical relationship . " A moral being , " he simplified the matter , " respects a living thing . " This proposition , of course , could and would receive intensive scrutiny by later philosophers . But Leopold ...
Page 189
... reason . Reason figures centrally and pivotally in the " social contract theory " of the origin and nature of morals in all its ancient , modern , and contemporary expres- sions from Protagoras , to Hobbes , to Rawls . 189 The ...
... reason . Reason figures centrally and pivotally in the " social contract theory " of the origin and nature of morals in all its ancient , modern , and contemporary expres- sions from Protagoras , to Hobbes , to Rawls . 189 The ...
Page 190
... Reason is the well- spring of virtue , according to both Plato and Aristotle , and of categorical imperatives , according to Kant . In short , the weight of Western philosophy inclines to the view that we are moral be- ings because we ...
... Reason is the well- spring of virtue , according to both Plato and Aristotle , and of categorical imperatives , according to Kant . In short , the weight of Western philosophy inclines to the view that we are moral be- ings because we ...
Contents
The Author | 4 |
Aldo Leopolds Early Years | 17 |
Aldo Leopolds Sand Country | 40 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Companion to A Sand County Almanac: Interpretive and Critical Essays |
| Editor | J. Baird Callicott |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | University of Wisconsin Press, 1987 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 3 Sep 2010 |
| ISBN | 0299112306, 9780299112301 |
| Length | 308 pages |
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