Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-286) and index.
Introduction -- Not of the world: human exceptionalism in Western tradition -- The social construction of nature and human nature -- The relational self: Asian views of nature and human nature -- Person and nature in native american worldviews -- Relationships, stories, and feminist ethics -- Evolution, ecology, and ethics -- In and of the world: toward a chastened constructionist anthropology -- Different natures.
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This text examines the complex connections among conceptions of human nature, attitudes toward non-human nature, and ethics. Peterson proposes an 'ethical anthropology' that examines how ideas of nature and humanity are bound together in ways that shape the very foundations of cultures.
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