TY - BOOK ID - 144611216 TI - The Great Family of Life : Rethinking the place of Homo sapiens in the Biosphere PY - 2024 SN - 3031589912 PB - Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Ecology. KW - Biodiversity. KW - Philosophy of nature. KW - Animal welfare KW - Human ecology KW - Ethics. KW - Philosophy of Nature. KW - Animal Ethics. KW - Environmental Studies. KW - Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics. KW - Moral and ethical aspects. KW - Study and teaching. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:144611216 AB - Life on Planet Earth is at risk as a result of the negligent development model followed by one species: humans. The Great Family of Life explains the causes, consequences and desirable solutions to the unbalanced and unfair relationship between Homo sapiens and the other species that inhabit Planet Earth in a succinct, enjoyable and thought-provoking way. Major sociological, economic, political, religious and phylosophical perspectives are reviewed in order to understand why we have reached the current alarming status of global biodiversity during the Anthropocene, and how we can react to it to attain not just human welfare, but Global Happiness. This book explains the causes, consequences and desirable solutions to the unbalanced and unfair relationship between Homo sapiens and the other species that inhabit Planet Earth in a succinct, enjoyable and thought-provoking way. Major sociological, economic, political, educational, religious and phylosophical perspectives are reviewed in order to understand why we have reached the current alarming status of global biodiversity during the Anthropocene, and how we can react to it to attain not just human welfare, but global happiness. The target audience is wide, from the general public interested in the deep inner causes of environmental degradation, to college and university students and lecturers, notably in the fields of environmental ethics, environmental philosophy, environmental law and environmental politics. ER -