The moral significance of prosstecting environmental and cultural objects.
A powerful avenue through which to promote the preservation of the natural and cultural environment is to afford cultural and environmental objects moral significance. In this research, we examine a range of factors that may give rise to moral concern regarding the protection of culturel and environ...
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| author | Brock Bastian Charlie R Crimston Christoph Klebl Paul A M van Lange |
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| description | A powerful avenue through which to promote the preservation of the natural and cultural environment is to afford cultural and environmental objects moral significance. In this research, we examine a range of factors that may give rise to moral concern regarding the protection of culturel and environmental objects as ends in themselves. In this way, we also extend theorizing and evidence beyond a focus on sentience as a focal determinant of moral significance Across five studies we show that non-sentient objects can sometimes be viewed as possessing intrinsically valuable properties that afford them moral standing (independent of their extrinsic/means-end value or any perception of their capacity to think and feel). People judge it morally wrong to harm things that are beautiful, sacred, rare, or old, and this cannot be explained merely by their usefulness or economic value. Our findings provide new insight into ways to elevate the protection of natural and cultural objects to an issue of moral significance, and suggest avenues through which to motivate the preservation of a natural and cultural environments. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ecb506fa25f0474783530d89c06653fa2023-04-08T05:32:25ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032023-01-01182e028039310.1371/journal.pone.0280393The moral significance of prosstecting environmental and cultural objects.Brock BastianCharlie R CrimstonChristoph KleblPaul A M van LangeA powerful avenue through which to promote the preservation of the natural and cultural environment is to afford cultural and environmental objects moral significance. In this research, we examine a range of factors that may give rise to moral concern regarding the protection of culturel and environmental objects as ends in themselves. In this way, we also extend theorizing and evidence beyond a focus on sentience as a focal determinant of moral significance Across five studies we show that non-sentient objects can sometimes be viewed as possessing intrinsically valuable properties that afford them moral standing (independent of their extrinsic/means-end value or any perception of their capacity to think and feel). People judge it morally wrong to harm things that are beautiful, sacred, rare, or old, and this cannot be explained merely by their usefulness or economic value. Our findings provide new insight into ways to elevate the protection of natural and cultural objects to an issue of moral significance, and suggest avenues through which to motivate the preservation of a natural and cultural environments.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0280393 |
| spellingShingle | Brock Bastian Charlie R Crimston Christoph Klebl Paul A M van Lange The moral significance of prosstecting environmental and cultural objects. PLoS ONE |
| title | The moral significance of prosstecting environmental and cultural objects. |
| title_full | The moral significance of prosstecting environmental and cultural objects. |
| title_fullStr | The moral significance of prosstecting environmental and cultural objects. |
| title_full_unstemmed | The moral significance of prosstecting environmental and cultural objects. |
| title_short | The moral significance of prosstecting environmental and cultural objects. |
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