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Charles Darwin, three-quarters of a century earlier than Leopold, had observed the evolutionary-historical "ethical sequence" and forecast the extension of "sympathy beyond the confines of man."3 Darwin's vision of an ethic extending ...
Charles Darwin, three-quarters of a century earlier than Leopold, had observed the evolutionary-historical "ethical sequence" and forecast the extension of "sympathy beyond the confines of man."3 Darwin's vision of an ethic extending ...
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The philosophically sensitive reader, on the other hand, may wish that Professor Nash had given more attention to the very great theoretical differences among the sentiency-based humane ethics of Darwin, Salt and Evans, the neo-Kantian ...
The philosophically sensitive reader, on the other hand, may wish that Professor Nash had given more attention to the very great theoretical differences among the sentiency-based humane ethics of Darwin, Salt and Evans, the neo-Kantian ...
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It is certain that Leopold read Darwin, whose influence on his moral philosophy is most pronounced. And we know that he thought of himself as an ecologist (as indeed he was) and that he was a personal friend of Charles Elton, who, ...
It is certain that Leopold read Darwin, whose influence on his moral philosophy is most pronounced. And we know that he thought of himself as an ecologist (as indeed he was) and that he was a personal friend of Charles Elton, who, ...
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Charles R. Darwin, The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex (New York: J. A. Hill and Company, 1904), 124. 4. See Tom Regan, "Ethical Vegetarianism and Commercial Animal Farming," in Contemporary Moral Problems, ed.
Charles R. Darwin, The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex (New York: J. A. Hill and Company, 1904), 124. 4. See Tom Regan, "Ethical Vegetarianism and Commercial Animal Farming," in Contemporary Moral Problems, ed.
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Contents
| 3 | |
| 15 | |
II The Book | 89 |
III The Upshot | 155 |
IV The Impact | 219 |
Appendix | 275 |
Foreword | 281 |
Contributors | 291 |
Index | 295 |
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| Title | Companion to A Sand County Almanac: Interpretive and Critical Essays |
| Author | J. Baird Callicott |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Univ of Wisconsin Press, 1987 |
| ISBN | 0299112330, 9780299112332 |
| Length | 320 pages |
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