Wrongness, wisdom, and wilderness : toward a libertarian theory of ethics and the environment
This surprising work may well change our ideas about what libertarianism is and what it can be. Tal Scriven elaborates and defends a libertarian theory of social ethics that can support welfare, reverse discrimination, and environmental preservationism; biocentrism, Nietzschean perspectivism, and laws requiring good Samaritanism; and utilitarianism, the social contract theory, and legal moralism - all at the same time
Print Book, English, ©1997
State University of New York Press, Albany, ©1997
ix, 218 pages ; 24 cm.
9780791433713, 9780791433720, 9780585056395, 0791433714, 0791433722, 0585056390
35084268
pt. 1. Wrongness: Self and state: a historical perspective. Self and state: a theoretical perspective. Utility and social ethics. Utility and individual ethics. Utility, harm, and liberty. Refinements. Applications
pt. 2. Wisdom: Political consent, individual choice, and moral justification. Egoism, altruism, and virtue. Individualism. Sublimation. Friendship, love, marriage, and gender
pt. 3. Wilderness: Anthropocentrism and ecocentrism. Modernist biocentrism and ecocentrism. Postmodern ecocentrism and ecofeminism. Wrongness and wilderness. Wisdom and wilderness