TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sandler,Ronald L.
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - The ethics of species
AV  - GE42 .S263 2012eb
U1  - 179/.1 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Cambridge, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Environmental ethics
KW  - Bioethics
KW  - Species
KW  - Biodiversity
KW  - Nature
KW  - Effect of human beings on
KW  - Moral and ethical aspects
KW  - Human-animal relationships
KW  - Conservation biology
KW  - Mass extinctions
KW  - Genetic engineering
KW  - Climatic changes
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- The value of species -- The conservation biology dilemma -- Assisted colonization -- Shifting goals and changing strategies -- The (in)significance of species boundaries -- Homo sapiens in particular -- Artifactual species -- Conclusion; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2011; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
N2  - "We are causing species to go extinct at extraordinary rates, altering existing species in unprecedented ways and creating entirely new species. More than ever before, we require an ethic of species to guide our interactions with them. In this book, Ronald L. Sandler examines the value of species and the ethical significance of species boundaries and discusses what these mean for species preservation in the light of global climate change, species engineering and human enhancement. He argues that species possess several varieties of value, but they are not sacred. It is sometimes permissible to alter species, let them go extinct (even when we are a cause of the extinction) and invent new ones. Philosophically rigorous, accessible and illustrated with examples drawn from contemporary science, this book will be of interest to students of philosophy, bioethics, environmental ethics and conservation biology"--
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10618584
ER  -