{"product_id":"value-beauty-and-nature-the-philosophy-of-organism-and-the-metaphysical-foundations-of-environmental-ethics-hardcover","title":"Value, Beauty, and Nature: The Philosophy of Organism and the Metaphysical Foundations of Environmental Ethics - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBrian G. Henning\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eArgues that, to make progress within environmental ethics, philosophers must explicitly engage in environmental metaphysics.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMuch of early environmental ethics was born out of the belief that the ecological crisis can only truly be solved by overcoming a pernicious worldview that limits all intrinsic value to human beings. Returning to this originating impulse, \u003ci\u003eValue, Beauty, and Nature\u003c\/i\u003e contends that, to make progress within environmental \u003ci\u003eethics\u003c\/i\u003e, philosophers must explicitly engage in environmental \u003ci\u003emetaphysics\u003c\/i\u003e. Grounded in an organicist process worldview, Brian G. Henning shows that it is possible to make progress in key debates within environmental philosophy, including those concerning the nature of intrinsic value; anthropocentrism; hierarchy; the moral significance of beauty; the nature of individuality; teleology and the naturalistic fallacy; and worldview reconstruction. A Whiteheadian fallibilistic, naturalistic, event ontology allows for the recovery of systematic, speculative metaphysical thought without a revanchist movement toward a necessitarian \u003ci\u003ephilosophia perennis\u003c\/i\u003e. Thus, in contrast to the claims of environmental pragmatists, \u003ci\u003eValue, Beauty, and Nature\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates that environmental ethics would greatly benefit from an adequate metaphysical foundation and, of the candidate metaphysical systems, Alfred North Whitehead's philosophy of organism is the most adequate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrian G. Henning \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Philosophy and Environmental Studies and Founding Director of the Center for Climate, Society, and the Environment at Gonzaga University. He is the author of many books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Ethics of Creativity: Beauty, Morality, and Nature in a Processive Cosmos\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 302\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53481691611443,"sku":"9781438495576","price":177.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/0746\/3731\/files\/PLnZX1rt2E9781438495576.webp?v=1783001471","url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/value-beauty-and-nature-the-philosophy-of-organism-and-the-metaphysical-foundations-of-environmental-ethics-hardcover","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}