The ideal of nature : debates about biotechnology and the environment /
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| Imprint: | Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011. |
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| Description: | xx, 208 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8397473 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Contributors
- Preface
- 1. Disposing Nature or Disposing of It?: Reflections on the Instruction of Nature
- 2. In Defense of Living Nature: Finding Common Ground in a Medieval Tradition
- 3. Nature as Absence: The Logic of Nature and Culture in Social Contract Theory
- 4. Human Nature without Theory
- 5. Preserving the Distinction between Nature and Artifact
- 6. Why "Nature" Has No Place in Environmental Philosophy
- 7. The Appeal to Nature
- 8. Thinkihg Like a Mountain: Nature, Wilderness, and the Virtue of Humility
- 9. The Did It on Hot Dogs and Beer: Natural Excellence in Human Athletic Achievement
- 10. Sport, Simulation, and EPO
- 11. Commonsense Morality and the Idea of Nature:What We Can Learn from Thinking about "Therapy"
- 12. Rawls, Sports, and Liberal Legitimacy
- Index
