Abstract
Review of Ecological Ethics: An Introduction, by Patrick Curry
Highlights
This book has two related goals, to introduce readers to the field of ecological ethics and to defend ecocentrism
The author explains that ecological ethics is closely related to environmental ethics in that both concern how humans should treat the natural world, but differs from it in conceptualizing humans as part of the web of nature, not ‘above’ nature as its stewards or masters
His thesis is that it is possible to set forth a “reasonably coherent set of ethical principles” (1) for an ecocentric ethic, which we need desperately in order to address the global ecological crisis we find ourselves in
Summary
This book has two related goals, to introduce readers to the field of ecological ethics and to defend ecocentrism. The author explains that ecological ethics is closely related to environmental ethics in that both concern how humans should treat the natural world, but differs from it in conceptualizing humans as part of the web of nature, not ‘above’ nature as its stewards or masters. Curry places environmental theories on a continuum from shallow green, through mid-green, to deep green, or ecocentric.
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