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020			_a9780262035668 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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082	0	0	_a601 _bPHI-
245	0	0	_aPhilosophy, technology, and the environment / _cedited by David M. Kaplan.
260			_aLondon: _bMIT Press, _c2017.
300			_aviii, 255p.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aEnvironmental philosophy and philosophy of technology have taken divergent paths despite their common interest in examining human modification of the natural world. Yet philosophers from each field have a lot to contribute to the other. Environmental issues inevitably involve technologies, and technologies inevitably have environmental impacts. In this book, prominent scholars from both fields illuminate the intersections of environmental philosophy and philosophy of technology, offering the beginnings of a rich new hybrid discourse. All the contributors share the intuition that technology and the environment overlap in ways that are relevant in both philosophical and practical terms. They consider such issues as the limits of technological interventions in the natural world, whether a concern for the environment can be designed into things, how consumerism relates us to artifacts and environments, and how food and animal agriculture raise questions about both culture and nature. They discuss, among other topics, the pessimism and dystopianism shared by environmentalists, environmental philosophers, and philosophers of technology; the ethics of geoengineering and climate change; the biological analogy at the heart of industrial ecology; green products and sustainable design; and agriculture as a bridge between technology and the environment.
650		0	_aTechnology _xPhilosophy.
650		0	_aTechnology _xEnvironmental aspects.
650		0	_aSustainable engineering.
650		0	_aEnvironmental ethics.
700	1		_aKaplan, David M., _eeditor.
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