Plant Ethics: Concepts and Applications

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Illustrations
Contributors
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I Concepts and approaches – Setting the stage for plant ethics
	1 The value of plants: On the axiologies of plants
	2 Utilitarian plant ethics
	3 Is considering the interests of plants absurd?
	4 The flourishing of plants: A neo-Aristotelian approach to plant ethics
	5 The dignity of plants. An overview of the discussion in German speakingcountries
	6 Facing only outwards? Plant bodily morphogenesis and ethical conceptual genesis
	7 Plants as open beings: From aesthetics to plant–human ethics
	8 What do we mean by a relational ethics? Growing a relational approach to the moral standing of plants, robots and other non-humans
	9 Caring for plants: Cultivating relational virtues
Part II Appreciations and applications
	10 Forest ethics
	11 On the relationships between agriculture and landscape
	12 Resonance with nature and its loss
	13 Plant risks: Can risk assessment accommodate “cultural services”?
	14 Utopia in the garden: New utopian and dystopian thinking in current debates on nature, agriculture and food
	15 “Growing Your Own” – Gardens, plants and the good life
	16 “Hey Plants, Take a Walk on the Wild Side!” The ethics of seeds and seed banks
	17 CRISPR/Cas in crop breeding: Why ethics still matter
	18 “Digital” plants and the rise of responsible precision agriculture
	19 On robots and plants: The case of the plantoid, a robotic artefact inspired by plants
Index