Attfield, Robin

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ATTFIELD, Robin

ATTFIELD, Robin. British, b. 1941. Genres: Ethics, Intellectual history, Philosophy. Career: University of Wales, Cardiff, assistant lecturer, 1968-70, lecturer, 1971-77, senior lecturer, 1977-81, reader in philosophy, 1981-92, professor of philosophy, 1992-. University of Ife, visiting lecturer, 1972-73; University of Nairobi, Inter-University Council visiting lecturer, 1975. World Development Movement, chair of Cardiff branch, 1986-98; member of Cardiff Centre for Applied Ethics. Publications: God and the Secular, 1978, 2nd ed., 1993; The Ethics of Environmental Concern, 1983, 2nd ed., 1991; A Theory of Value and Obligation, 1987; (co-ed.) Values, Conflict, and the Environment, 1989, 2nd ed., 1996; (co-ed.) International Justice and the Third World, 1992; (coed.) Philosophy and the Natural Environment, 1994; Environmental Philosophy, 1994; Value, Obligation and Meta-Ethics, 1995; The Ethics of the Global Environment, 1999; Environmental Ethics, 2003. Address: Philosophy Section, School of English, Communication and Philosophy, University of Wales, Cardiff, Cardiff CF10 3XB, Wales.