J. Baird Callicott is Professor of Philosophy and Natural Resources at the University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point. Roger T. Ames is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Hawaii.
摘要
Here, Western environmental philosophers and some of our most distinguished representatives of Asian and comparative philosophy critically consider what Asia has to offer.
The first section provides an ecological world view as a basis for comparison. Subsequent sections include chapters by leading contemporary scholars in Chinese, Japanese, Indian, and Buddhist thought that explore the Western perception of Asian traditions--the perception that Asian philosophy is a rich conceptual resource for contemporary environmental thinkers.
目次
Preface ix Foreword, Eugene C. Hargrove xiii Introduction: The Asian Traditions as a Conceptual Resource for Environmental Philosophy, J. Baird Callicott and Roger T. Ames 1
I. The Ecological World View: A Basis for Engagement Pacific Shift, William Irwin Thompson 25 Biology as a Cosmological Science, Harold J. Morowitz 37 The Metaphysical Implications of Ecology, J Baird Callicott 51
II. The Chinese World View The Continuity of Being: Chinese Visions of Nature, Tu Wei-ming 67 Human/Nature in Nietzsche and Taoism, Graham Parkes 79 On Seeking a Change of Environment, Roger T. Ames 113 Units of Change – Units of Value, Robert C. Neville 145
III. The Japanese World View The Japanese Concept of “Nature”, Hubertus Tellenbach and Bin Kimura 153 The Japanese Experience of Nature, David Edward Shaner 163 Saigyō and the Buddhist Value of Nature, Willian R. LaFleur 183
IV. The Buddhist World View The Jewel Net of Indra, Francis H. Cook 213 Environmental Problematics, Kenneth K. Inada 231 Toward a Middle Path of Survival, David J. Kalupahana 247
V. The Indian World View A Metaphysical Grounding for Natural Reverence: East-West Eliot Deutsch 259 “Conceptual Resources”: in South Asia for “Environmental Ethics”, Gerald James Larson 267 Epilogue: On the Relation of Idea and Action, J. Baird Callicott and Roger T. Ames 279
