02213nam a22003858a 4500 CR9781139151221 UkCbUP 20180107143415.0 m|||||o||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 110906s2012||||enk s ||1 0|eng|d 9781139151221 (ebook) 9781107023468 (hardback) 9781107658707 (paperback) UkCbUP UkCbUP rda GE42 .S263 2012 179/.1 23 Sandler, Ronald L., author. The Ethics of Species : An Introduction / [electronic resource] Ronald L. Sandler. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012. 1 online resource (248 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Cambridge Applied Ethics Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015). We are causing species to go extinct at extraordinary rates, altering existing species in unprecedented ways and creating entirely new species. More than ever before, we require an ethic of species to guide our interactions with them. In this book, Ronald L. Sandler examines the value of species and the ethical significance of species boundaries and discusses what these mean for species preservation in the light of global climate change, species engineering and human enhancement. He argues that species possess several varieties of value, but they are not sacred. It is sometimes permissible to alter species, let them go extinct (even when we are a cause of the extinction) and invent new ones. Philosophically rigorous, accessible and illustrated with examples drawn from contemporary science, this book will be of interest to students of philosophy, bioethics, environmental ethics and conservation biology. Environmental ethics Bioethics Species Biodiversity Print version: 9781107023468 Cambridge Applied Ethics. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139151221 Cambridge Books Online 236716 236716