3. Escaping Eden
Plant Ethics in a Gardener's World
- Dan O'Brien PhD Research Fellow Associate Lecturer
Published Online: 13 AUG 2010
DOI: 10.1002/9781444324563.ch3
Copyright © 2010 Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Book Title
Gardening - Philosophy for Everyone
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How to Cite
Hall, M. (2010) Escaping Eden, in Gardening - Philosophy for Everyone (ed D. O'Brien), Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781444324563.ch3
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Oxford Brookes University, UK
Publication History
- Published Online: 13 AUG 2010
- Published Print: 24 SEP 2010
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Book Series Editors:
- Fritz Allhoff
Series Editor Information
Western Michigan University, USA
ISBN Information
Print ISBN: 9781444330212
Online ISBN: 9781444324563
- Summary
- Chapter
Keywords:
- escaping Eden - plant ethics in a gardener's world;
- plants in the garden - excluded from notions of moral consideration;
- exclusion of plants from gardening ethics - debate on garden as a location for human plant ethics;
- exclusion of plants from ethical notions of gardening - exploration of archetypal Western garden, Eden;
- Eden and plants for human use;
- historical, philosophical, political and sociological factors - in exclusion of plants from ethical discourses;
- earthly Paradise, contemporary enclosed gardens - and animals excluded;
- story of the Garden of Eden, in Genesis 2–3 - God appearing as the world's first gardener;
- Eden and its cultural importance - “Eden” synonymous with gardens;
- modern gardeners - garden as a human domain, serving human purposes, treating plants as they wish
Summary
This chapter contains sections titled:
Eden and Plants for Human Use
Gardening with Kin: Alternatives to Eden
Plants, Exclusion, Ethics
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