2. The Best of All Possible Worlds: Ecofeminist Views of Nature and Ethics

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. This View of Life: The Significance of Evolutionary Theory for Environmental Ethics 11
6. 2. The Best of All Possible Worlds: Ecofeminist Views of Nature and Ethics 45
7. 3. The Ecological Model and the Reanimation of Nature 91
8. 4. Darwinian Equality for All: Secular Views of Animal Rights and Liberation 131
9. 5. Philosophical and Theological Critiques of Ecological Theology: Broadening Environmental Ethics from Ecocentric and Theocentric Perspectives 167
10. 6. A Comprehensive Naturalized Ethic 217
11. Conclusion: Finitude and Responsibility 263
12. Notes 269
13. Work Cited 301
14. Index 307