Philosophy Gone Wild

"Here are fifteen essays written from the late 1960s to the mid-1980s by a pioneering environmental ethicist. The collection is divided into four sections: ethics and nature, values in nature, environmental philosophy in practice, and nature in experience. . . . Rolston's writing often evokes the best of American philosophy of nature. He writes with flair and grace. The book is good reading because it is good literature. Rolston raises unsettling questions [and] a formidable challenge. The agenda is well set." -- F. E. Bernard, Ethics"An important book that deserves a wide student readership . . . . Highly appropriate for ecology . . . and philosophy courses, as well as courses dealing with environmental law and policy-making." -- J. C. Kricher, Choice

Holmes Rolston III is University Distinguished Professor and professor of philosophy, Emeritus, at Colorado State University. He is the author of seven books and is the 2003 winner of the Templeton Prize in Religion and the 2005 winner of the Mendel Prize from Villanova University. He delivered the Gifford Lectures for 1997/98 at Edinburgh University.