UID:
almahu_9949880701202882
Format:
1 online resource (197 pages)
ISBN:
9781351709866
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1351709860
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9781351709859
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1351709852
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9781351709842
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1351709844
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9781315177267
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1315177269
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1138038687
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9781138038684
Series Statement:
Law, Justice and Ecology Ser.
Content:
This book addresses the use of Benedict Spinoza's philosophy in current attempts to elaborate an ecological basis for international environmental law. Because the question of environmental protection has not been satisfactory resolved, the legal debate concerning our responsibility for the environment has - as evidenced in the recent UN report series Harmony with Nature - come to invite calls for a new eco-centric, rather than anthropocentric, legal paradigm. In this respect, Spinoza appears as a key figure. He is one of thefew philosophers in the history of western philosophy who cares, and writes extensively, about the roots of anthropocentrism; the core issue of contemporary normative debates in ecology. And in response to the rapidly developing ecological crisis, his work has become central to a re-thinking of the human relationship with nature. Addressing the contention that Spinoza's ethics might provide a useful source for developing a new, eco-centred framework for environmental law, this book elaborates a more nuanced understanding of Spinoza's philosophy. Spinoza cannot, it is argued here, simply be reduced to an eco-ethicist. That is: his metaphysics cannot be used as basis of an essentially naturalised or extended human morality. At the same time, however, this book argues that the radicality of Spinoza's naturalism nevertheless offers the possibility of developing a more adequate ecological basis for environmental law.
Note:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Editions used and abbreviations; Introduction; The problem of nature and a normative call for a new metaphysics; The Reports, non-anthropocentrism and Spinoza; Methodological challenges and points of departure; Chapter outline and structure of arguments; Notes; References; 1. The Harmony with Nature Reports and the call for nonanthropocentrism as a response to the environmental problem; Part I: the Reports; Part II: from the Reports' concept of holism, via Arne Naess and deep ecology, to Spinoza
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NotesReferences; 2. Spinoza's metaphysics: substance monism, naturalism and psychological egoism; Substance monism -- an ontological relation of immanence; Epistemological upshots of naturalism: rejecting exceptionalism and flattening out the mind's ability to know; Ethical upshots of naturalism: curing passions by knowledge; Notes; References; 3. Spinoza and law; Preliminary question: how to narrow down Spinoza's normative ideas; Law; Notes; References; 4. Spinoza and the state; Governance, power and self-knowledge; Sovereignty as freedom
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State power and sovereignty as phenomenological experiencesNotes; References; 5. A Spinozistic theory of international law; The problem of legitimacy: a brief overview; Sovereignty as freedom and the problem of legitimacy in international law; Governance as power and the problem of legitimacy in international law; How Spinoza's non-theory of international law can contribute to understanding international law; References; 6. The Reports and the normative implications of an eco-ethical approach inspired by Spinoza's philosophy
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Part one: fleshing out the Spinozistic character of the Reports' arguments for a new metaphysicsPart two: the implications for law of the Reports' call for a radical new metaphysics; Notes; References; Index
Additional Edition:
Print version: De Lucia Dahlbeck, Moa. Spinoza, Ecology and International Law : Radical Naturalism in the Face of the Anthropocene. Milton : Routledge, ©2018 ISBN 9781138038684
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9781315177267
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315177267
