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Recommended.
The Ideal of Nature is a thought-provoking look at the multifaceted topics of biotechnology and the environment through an array of lenses that leave the reader feeling grounded and inspired to explore greater depths of bioethics while avoiding the pitfalls of becoming immersed in extremes.
Book Details
List of Contributors
Preface
Chapter 1. Disposing Nature or Disposing of It?: Reflections on the Instruction of Nature
Chapter 2. In Defense of Living Nature: Finding Common Ground in a Medieval
List of Contributors
Preface
Chapter 1. Disposing Nature or Disposing of It?: Reflections on the Instruction of Nature
Chapter 2. In Defense of Living Nature: Finding Common Ground in a Medieval Tradition
Chapter 3. Nature as Absence: The Logic of Nature and Culture in Social Contract Theory
Chapter 4. Human Nature without Theory
Chapter 5. Preserving the Distinction between Nature and Artifact
Chapter 6. Why "Nature" Has No Place in Environmental Philosophy
Chapter 7. The Appeal to Nature
Chapter 8. Thinking Like a Mountain: Nature, Wilderness, and the Virtue of Humility
Chapter 9. He Did It on Hot Dogs and Beer: Natural Excellence in Human Athletic Achievement
Chapter 10. Sport, Simulation, and EPO
Chapter 11. Commonsense Morality and the Idea of Nature: What We Can Learn from Thinking about "Therapy"
Chapter 12. Rawls, Sports, and Liberal Legitimacy
Index