The death of our planet's species : a challenge to ecology and ethics /
Martin Gorke ; translated from German by Patricia Nevers.
- Washington : Island Press, c2003.
- xvi, 407 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 358-393) and index.
Part A: Hopes for an "ecological solution" -- Ecology as the epitome of controlling nature? -- The science of ecology as a normative authority? -- Part B: The debate about an ethical solution -- A pragmatic approach: is anthropocentrism sufficient? -- A theoretical approach: can holism be justified?