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 68
... seems to be one of the latest moral acquisitions . " Ultimately , Darwin thought that , as ethics evolved , all " sentient beings " would come to be included in the moral community.15 In shaping his view on the evolution of ethics ...
... seems to be one of the latest moral acquisitions . " Ultimately , Darwin thought that , as ethics evolved , all " sentient beings " would come to be included in the moral community.15 In shaping his view on the evolution of ethics ...
Page 99
... seem successfully presented is , I feel , that the reader is apt to get a confused picture of what you advocate . Some- times it seems that you want more intelligent planning , but you point out that nature's balance was upset with the ...
... seem successfully presented is , I feel , that the reader is apt to get a confused picture of what you advocate . Some- times it seems that you want more intelligent planning , but you point out that nature's balance was upset with the ...
Page 120
... seems to feel an emotional bond with his subjects different from what we find in Muir or Thoreau . The fact that he has killed woodcock , for instance , helps make the praise of “ Sky Dance " not only more poignant but more profound ...
... seems to feel an emotional bond with his subjects different from what we find in Muir or Thoreau . The fact that he has killed woodcock , for instance , helps make the praise of “ Sky Dance " not only more poignant but more profound ...
Contents
Aldo Leopolds Early Years | 17 |
Aldo Leopolds Sand Country | 40 |
Aldo Leopolds Intellectual Heritage | 63 |
Copyright | |
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