SUNY Series in Philosophy and Biology David Edward Shaner, Editor Furman University IN DEFENSE OF THE LAND ETHIC Essays in Environmental Philosophy u J. Baird Callicott INSTITUTE FoR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES ENGINEERING ANNEX, FLI2 SITY OF HASHINGTON LE, RASHINGION 96195 17a as » State University of New York PressSate Univerty of New York Ps Any Unennty ot Nee York Alii reseed Pedi the United St of Americ [No partfthie book may be id or produce Inany manner whatsoever ou wen prmssion ‘cnn ot ht to mc in oe infrmation ado Slate Univers of New York Pras Sate UniertyParu Alteny, NY. 286 bay of Congres Catling Pelican Ota ato, Ba Ted of the and ti: exp in ‘ionmentlpisepy Bald Calico. re eeiSUNY en ln ny) ISIN O70 5, SEN ONG 0-2 (8h) [Human ecoly—Moral ana ethics. 2 Enviar protection — Morland etal aspects 3 Leap An HPO. See Gros see sae © Ie-cepr-2003 WDEADE AAMEPE For my mother and father, Evelyne E.and Burton H. CalicoContents, Acknowledgements Introduction: The Real Work 1. Animal Liberation and Environmental Ethics 1. Animal Liberation: A Triangular Affair 2, Review of Tom Regan, The Case fer Animal Rights 3, Animal Liberation and Environmental Ethics: Back “Together Again I. A Holistic Environmental Ethic 4 Elements of an Environmental Ethic: Moral Considerability and the Biotic Community 5. The Conceptual Foundations of the Land Ethic 6. The Metaphysical Implications of Ecology IL, A.Non-anthtopocentric Value Theory or Environmental Ethics 7. Hume’ Iught Dichotomy and the Relation of Ecology to Leopold's Land Ethic 8. On the intrinsic Value of Nonhuman Species 9, Intrinsic Value, Quantum Theory, and Environmental Ethics IV. American Indian Environmental Ethics 10, Traditional American Indian and Wester European Altitudes Toward Nature: An Overview 5 6 101 uw 2 1 71, American Indian Land Wisdom?: Sorting Out the Issues 203, V. Environmental Education, Natural Aesthetics, and E:T. 12, Aldo Leopold on Education as Educator, and His Land Ethic In the Context of Contemporary Environmental Education 223, 15, Leopold's Land Aesthetic 2 1M, Moral Considerability and Extraterrsteial Life 249, Notes 267 Index 315