Environmental Ethics. From theory to practical change
This paper provides a critical presentation of parts of Anglo-American environmental ethics from the perspective of the environmental crisis. Environmental ethics must attempt to provide the theoretical basis for overcoming the crisis to which it responds. So I suggest a possible connection of theor...
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| Formato: | Artigo |
| Idioma: | English |
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The University of Akureyri
2016-03-01
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| Colecção: | Nordicum-Mediterraneum |
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| Acesso em linha: | http://nome.unak.is/wordpress/volume-10-no-3-2016/conference-paper-10-3/environmental-ethics-from-theory-to-practical-change/ |
| Resumo: | This paper provides a critical presentation of parts of Anglo-American environmental ethics from the perspective of the environmental crisis. Environmental ethics must attempt to provide the theoretical basis for overcoming the crisis to which it responds. So I suggest a possible connection of theory with practice by arguing that the meta-ethical approach to normativity via an axiology of nature should be supported by a theory like deep ecology that is dedicated to practical change. Naess’s notion of self-realization as an experiential process of gradual identification with all life contains the insight that practical change begins with a fundamental change of attitude. |
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| ISSN: | 1670-6242 1670-6242 |