Why care for nature? : in search of an ethical framework for environmental responsibility and education /
by Dirk Willem Postma.
- x, 219 pages ; 25 cm.
- The international library of environmental, agricultural, and food ethics ; v. 9 .
- International library of environmental, agricultural, and food ethics ; v. 9. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-213) and index.
A brief history of environmental education -- ESD: Research questions and directions -- Because we are citizens -- Future generations as fellow citizens -- Future generations as heirs of our community -- Future generations as imagined strangers -- Education for an open future -- Because we are human -- In defense of an aesthetic account of intrinsic natural value -- On the status of nature and her evaluators -- Towards an ethic of environmental responsibility -- Because we educate citizens caring for nature.