Global warming, air and water pollution, ozone-layer depletion, species extinction these are all the results of what philosopher Frederic L. Bender calls our "culture of extinction."Bender criticizes many of industrial society's basic assumptions, for example, that we humans are superior to animals, that the Bible justifies our dominion over the Earth, or that we are evolution's highest products. He also reveals the underlying connections between mechanistic science and Earth's devastation under capitalism, and he points ...
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Global warming, air and water pollution, ozone-layer depletion, species extinction these are all the results of what philosopher Frederic L. Bender calls our "culture of extinction."Bender criticizes many of industrial society's basic assumptions, for example, that we humans are superior to animals, that the Bible justifies our dominion over the Earth, or that we are evolution's highest products. He also reveals the underlying connections between mechanistic science and Earth's devastation under capitalism, and he points out that major modernist philosophies, from Bacon and Descartes to 20th-century empiricism, are in the service of the culture of extinction.In conclusion, he offers a way of integrating the many insights of the different environmentalist movements and discusses practical steps to make our culture more environmentally friendly."
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Very Good. 6.25 x 9.25. Minor wear. Binding tight. No writing. 488 pages including index. Explores global warming, ecology, environment and other issues of the day and how they relate to religion and science to create a philosophy of living that protects the earth by trading creature comforts for spiritual well being.
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Very Good. Very good, clean, tight condition. Text free of marks. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged.
