ISBN:
9780262336499
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
,
Illustrations (black and white)
DDC:
304.2
Keywords:
Philosophie
;
Umwelt
;
Umweltethik
;
Environmentalism Philosophy
;
Philosophy of nature
;
Nature Effect of human beings on
Abstract:
Many ethicists and political advocates believe that the argument for environmentalism is simple: demonstrate that nature is valuable and obligations to protect the environment will follow. This approach to environmentalism often appears as a kind of consequentialism. This work, though sympathetic with environmentalism, argues against this consequentialist approach. It takes as its initiating presupposition the opposite stance: that nature can at times be quite disvaluable. In assuming this stance, it aims to carve a sharp distinction between events and actions, fundamentally splitting open the idea that actions are taken for reasons.
Note:
Previously issued in print: 2017
,
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.7551/mitpress/9780262035408.001.0001
URL:
https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/9780262035408.001.0001
