Earth Summit Ethics: Toward a Reconstructive Postmodern Philosophy of Environmental Education (Constructive Postmod Tht

by J. Baird Callicott (Editor), Fernando J. R. da Rocha (Series Editor)

J. Baird Callicott is Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Texas and the University of Wisconsin--Stevens Point. Among his many books are In Defense of the Land Essays in Environmental Philosophy and (with Roger T. Ames) Nature in Asian Traditions of Essays in Environmental Philosophy , both published by SUNY Press. Fernando J. R. da Rochais Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil.

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First published August 1, 1996

About the author

J. Baird Callicott is an American philosopher whose work has been at the forefront of the new field of environmental philosophy and ethics. He is a University Distinguished Research Professor and a member of the Department of Philosophy and Religion Studies and the Institute of Applied Sciences at the University of North Texas. Callicott held the position of Professor of Philosophy and Natural Resources at the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point from 1969 to 1995, where he taught the world’s first course in environmental ethics in 1971. From 1994 to 2000, he served as Vice President then President of the International Society for Environmental Ethics. Other distinguished positions include visiting professor of philosophy at Yale University; the University of California, Santa Barbara; the University of Hawai’i; and the University of Florida.