PHILOSOPHY, HUMANITY AND ECOLOGY Philosophy of Nature and Environmental Ethics H. Odera Oruka EditorContents Preface Introduction H. Odera Oruka Back to the Question of Goals Tonna Kucuradi Part I Environment and the Philosophy of Nature 1. Philosophy, Humanity and the Environment Evandro Agazzi 2. Modern Science, Environmental Ethics and the Anthropocentric Predicament Richard T. DeGeorge 3. Philosophy, Humankind and the Environment Kwesi Wiredu 4, Science, Technology and the Natural Environment Thomas R. Odhiambo 5. Threats to Human Survival and the Responsibility of Scholars Mihailo Markovic 6. The Role of Philosophy of Nature Today: Nature, Custom and 7, The Image of Humanity as the Image of Nature Yersu Kim 8. Naturalism and Primitive Truth Emest Sosa 9. On Eco-ethica: New Ethies for the New Age Tomonobu Imamichi 10. Philosophical Aspects of the Inter-play between Nature and the Artificial Environment of Man Wolfgang Kluxen 11, The Unity of Everything Alive ‘Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka 12. Ecophilosophy and the Parental Earth Ethics HL. Odera Onuka and Calestous Juma Part It Philosophy, Politics and Language 13. Development and Environmentalism Robin Attfield 14. Are Ideologies Dead? Francisco Miro Quesada C. 15. Political Monism and Pluralism in Contemporary Africa Didier Njirayamanda Kaphagawani iii vii ix xvi 5 30 49 59 or 16 107 15 133 150 15816. a7, 18. 19. 20. a. 22, From Sun-Worship to Time-Wership: Toward a Solar Theory of History Al A, Magni Ideology and Dogma Mourad Wahba The Antithetical Sequel in the African Personality JM. Nyasa What Can the Europeans Learn from African Philosophy? Gerd-Rudiger Hoffman African Philosophy: Two Views Kate J. Wininger Sign-Language-Cognition Jerzy Pele Re-viewing Verwoerd’s Vision: Critical Reflections on the Praxis of Apartheid and the Thought of its Architect WA. Verwoerd Part IIT Discussions on Environmental Ethics 2. 24, 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30, 31 33. 34, Ecology and Ethics: Exploiting Nature Jay Drydyk Technology, Ethics and the ‘End’ of Nature Frederick Ferré Ecology and Ethics: A Relationship AT. Dalfovo Deep Ecology's Approach to the Environmental Crisis Michael E. Zimmerman Ethical Principles for Ecodevelopment Alejandro Herrera Ibafiez ‘The Business of Ethics: Development and the Environment Daniel W. Skubik ‘Whether the Western World Will Weather the Weather: A Neo- Marxist Discussion about Averting ‘Ecolocaust’ Paul Alien Tit Mathematicsl-Scientific-Technical Comprehension of Nature versus Organic Image of Nature Karen Gloy FE. Abbot and the Environmental Crisis Creighton Peden The Principal Attitudes of Humanity towards Nature Juhani Pietarinen Humans, Animals and Environment: Indian Perspectives 8.8. Rama Pappu ‘The Earth as Family: A Traditional Hawaiian View with Current Applications D.M. Dusty Gruver iv 165 77 181 190 198 208 212 261 270 279 285 290 295 301