The Ethics of Environmental Concern

The Ethics of Environmental Concern by Robin Attfield

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Ethics of Environmental Concern book. This paper overviews key issues in environmental ethics today. Action and concern about environmental problems should be targeted towards the solution. First published in 1983, The Ethics of Environmental Concern has become a classic in the relatively new field of environmental ethics. Examining traditional attitudes toward nature, and the degree to which these attitudes enable us to cope with modern ecological problems, Robin Attfield looks particularly at the Judeo-Christian heritage of belief in humankind's dominion, the tradition of Overview. Environmental ethics focuses on the ethical relationships of human beings with the natural world and with other living beings. Van Rensselaer Potter, a biochemist and research oncologist, used the word bioethics in 1970 to mean an interdisciplinary study bridging science and humanities aimed at ensuring the survival of human species and the biosphere. Articles on sustainability, climate change, eating ethically, space ethics, energy use and conservation, Environmental Ethics articles can be viewed by the following categories: in California. Recognizing an ethical issue & getting the facts. Environmental ethics - issues and possible solutions (ENV). Vidya-mitra. Loading Unsubscribe from Vidya Environmental ethics is theory and practice about appropriate concern for, values in, and duties regarding the natural world. By classical accounts, ethics is people relating to people in justice and love. Environmental ethics starts with human concerns for a quality environment, and some think this shapes the ethic from start to finish. Others Environmental ethics is the part of environmental philosophy which considers extending the traditional boundaries of ethics from solely including humans to including the non-human world. It exerts influence on a large range of disciplines including environmental law, environmental sociology, ecotheology, ecological economics, ecology and environmental geography. There are many ethical decisions that human beings make with respect to the environment The Ethics of Environmental Concern, though published in 1983, was mostly composed two years earlier, final touches being added in 1982. Since then, public awareness has increasingly been focused on growing problems such as the greenhouse effect, acid rain, He then examines concerns of applied ethics and considers our obligations to future generations, the value of life, and the moral standing and significance of nonhumans. Simultaneously, he offers and defends a theory of moral principles appropriate for dealing with such concerns as pollution, scarce natural resources, population growth, and the conservation and preservation of the environment. In New South Wales the Protection of the Environment Administration Act 1991 to environmental risk; social and institutional capacity to respond to issues; and an environmental ethical stance that argues that ecological concern should, over and above human priorities, be central to decisions about right and wrong action moral extension an ethical principle stating that humans should extend their sphere of moral concern beyond the human realm, most commonly, it is argued that intelligent or sentiment 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 l7 18 20 21 22 23 25 J. Baird Callicott, 'The Case Against Moral Pluralism', Environmental Ethics, 12.2, 1990, 99-124. For example, in Minimum level of sustainable, social and ethical purchasing in Council environmental issues and sets realistic aims in a way that benefits all people and future in environmental ethics has also driven a rather deep wedge between environmental ethics and the ethics of utilitarianism. In addition to rejecting anthropocentrism, sentientism, and utilitarian limits on intrinsic value, a number of environmental ethicists argue that an adequate environmental that part of environmental ethics that concerns character (see virtue ethics). The core questions of environmental virtue ethics are these: 1 What makes a character trait an environmental virtue or environmental vice, and which particular character traits (i.e., attitudes and dispositions) are envi- The social aspects are seen as closely connected to environmental problems: 'ESD includes, among others, the interrelated issues of Environmental ethics believe that humans are a part of society as well as other This is important because the ethics of the environment are of major concern Besides The Ethics of Environmental Concern, his books include Environmental Philosophy: Principles and Prospects; Value, Obligation and Meta-Ethics; The Ethics of the Global Environment; Environmental Ethics: An Overview for the Twenty-First Century; Creation, Evolution and Meaning; and The Ethics of the Environment. Recently he has retired from teaching, and has served on environmental ethics Environment Strategy will align with and influence these strategies, including about an environmental issue, such as ground water discharge, or energy use by Recognise and support sustainable and ethical businesses and leaders. @article{osti_5484303, title = {Ethics of environmental concern}, author = {Attfield, R.}, abstractNote = {The history of ideas and a philosophical investigation into normative ethics and some of its applications focus in this book on environmental concerns. Part one explores moral traditions, which may appear deficient because traditions have been misrepresented. Ethics of Environmental Health enthusiasm and with a strong personal commitment to issues of extreme relevance for the global agenda.

 

 

 

 

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