Presenting a wide range of views and strategies, The Green Halo analyzes the problematic relations between humans and the rest of the natural world. The author looks at the views of thinkers including John Muir, Aldo Leopold, and Al Gore, and suggests alternative ways to view nature, assign it value, and respond to ecological crises.
Analytic Table of Contents ix Foreword xv Holmes Rolston, III Preface to the English Edition xix Preface to the Czech Edition xxiii Introduction: Of Humans, Elephants, and China Shops 1(1) Ethics and Ecological Ethics 1(5) The Limits of Yellow Paint 6(5) Ecology, Science, Philosophy 11(4) Part I: OF HUMANS AND (OTHER) ANIMALS 15(36) Strangers in the Wild 17(8) Our Long-Lost Kin 25(4) Meat or Mercy? 29(12) The Lure of Perfection 41(4) All Too Human 45(6) Part II: OF NATURE, VALUE, AND ETHICS 51(52) The Moral Sense of Nature 53(5) Ethics of the Fear of the Lord 58(7) The Ethics of Noble Humanity 65(14) The Ethics of Reverence for Life 79(8) The Land Ethic 87(6) Lifeboat Ethics 93(10) Part III: STRATEGIES IN ECOLOGICAL ETHICS 103(2) A. STRATEGIES OF PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY (SUBJECTIVIZATION IN ECOLOGICAL ETHICS) 105(24) About Ecological Strategies 105(3) Deep Ecology: Arne Naess and Friends 108(10) Ecology of Deep Identification 118(4) Feminism and Ecofeminism 122(7) B. STRATEGIES OF RECOGNIZED NECESSITY (OBJECTIVIZATION IN ECOLOGICAL ETHICS) 129(26) Hypothesis GAIA 129(6) Nature and the Human Animal 135(7) Systems Theory in Ecological Ethics 142(5) ``Ecology as an Ideology 147(8) Postscript: Turning Green: The Making of a Minimalist 155(9) Notes 164(23) Notes for a Bibliography 187(16) Index of Names 203(4) Index of Topics 207(4) Index of Biblical Quotations 211