title: Reflecting on Nature: Readings in Environmental Ethics and Philosophy
author:  Lori Gruen 
description: <br /><strong>Lori Gruen</strong> is Professor of Philosophy, Environmental Studies, and Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Wesleyan University.<br /><br /><strong>Dale Jamieson</strong> is Professor and Director of Environmental Studies, Professor of Philosophy, and Affiliated Professor of Law at New York University.<br /><br /><strong>Christopher Schlottmann</strong> is Clinical Assistant Professor and Associate Director of Environmental Studies and Affiliated Professor of Bioethics at New York University.<br />
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  Recovering Nature
  Essays in Natural Philosophy, Ethics, and Metaphysics
  in Honor of Ralph McInerny
  Edited by
  Thomas Hibbs and John O'Callaghan
  
    
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  University of Notre Dame Press
  Notre Dame, IN 46556
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  Recovering nature : essays in natural philosophy, ethics, and
  metaphysics in honor of Ralph McInerny / edited by Thomas Hibbs and
  John O'Callaghan.
  p.      cm.
  Includes bibliographical references.
  ISBN 0­268­01666­6 (alk. paper) 
  1. —Philosophy of nature.    2.  Thomists.    I.  McInerny, Ralph M. 
  II.  Hibbs, Thomas S.    III.  O'Callaghan, John.
  BD581.R39      1999
  149'.91—dc21                                                                          99­38120
  The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirem