Main entry:

Hale, Benjamin, 1972- author.

Title & Author:

The wild and the wicked : on nature and human nature / Benjamin Hale.

Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, [2016]
©2016

Description:

ix, 317 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Return to the Paleocene -- The precious vase -- Rustling in the bushes -- The wild and the wicked -- Control freak -- Dr. Feelgood and Mr. Fix-It go to the picture show -- The voter's conundrum -- The axes of evildoers -- The green's gambit -- The good green life -- Postscript: The right thing for the right reason.

Summary:

For years, environmentalists have insisted that nature is fundamentally good. In The Wild and the Wicked, Benjamin Hale adopts the opposite position -- that much of the time nature can be bad -- in order to show that even if nature is cruel, we still need to be environmentally conscientious. Hale argues that environmentalists needn't feel compelled to defend the value of nature, or even to adopt the attitudes of tree-hugging nature lovers. We can acknowledge nature's indifference and periodic hostility. Deftly weaving anecdote and philosophy, he shows that we don't need to love nature to be green. What really ought to be driving our environmentalism is our humanity, not nature's value.

ISBN:

9780262035408 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
0262035405 (hardcover ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Environmentalism Philosophy.
Philosophy of nature.
Nature Effect of human beings on.
Environnementalisme Philosophie.
Philosophie de la nature.
Homme Influence sur la nature.
POLITICAL SCIENCE Public Policy Environmental Policy.
SCIENCE Environmental Science (see also Chemistry.
Philosophie
Umwelt
Umweltethik

Holdings:

Location: Library main 294045
Call No.: BIB 239354
Status: Available