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Spinoza, Ecology and International Law: Radical Naturalism in the Face of the Anthropocene
This book addresses the use of Spinoza's philosophy in current attempts to elaborate an ecological basis for international environmental law. As the question of environmental protection remains unresolved, the legal debate concerning responsibility for the environment has invited calls for an eco-centric, rather than anthro-centric, legal paradigm.
| Author(s) | By Moa De Lucia Dahlbeck. |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format | Hardback |
| Pages | 196 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 10 Sept 2018 |
| Availability | Available |
This book addresses the use of Spinoza's philosophy in current attempts to elaborate an ecological basis for international environmental law. As the question of environmental protection remains unresolved, the legal debate concerning responsibility for the environment has invited calls for an eco-centric, rather than anthro-centric, legal paradigm.
1. The Harmony with Nature Reports and the call for non-anthropocentrism as a response to the environmental problem 2. Spinoza's metaphysics: substance monism, naturalism and psychological egoism 3. Spinoza and law 4. Spinoza and the state 5.
Moa De Lucia Dahlbeck is a postdoctoral research fellow at the department of Law at Gothenburg University and a member of the Spinoza Research Group (Grupo de Investigacion sobre Spinoza y el spinozismo) at the Faculty of Philosophy and Arts, Buenos Aires
