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1. Environmental Ethics: Volume > 28 > Issue: 1
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2. Environmental Ethics: Volume > 28 > Issue: 1
Robert Frodeman The Policy Turn in Environmental Ethics
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A policy turn in environmental philosophy means a shift from philosophers writing philosophy essays for other philosophers to doing interdisciplinary research and working on projects with public agencies, policy makers, and the private sector. Despite some steps in this direction, a policy turn remains largely unrealized within the community of environmental philosophers. Completing this shift can contribute to better decision making, help discover new areas for philosophic investigation at the intersection of philosophy and policy, and identify new employment prospects for philosophy graduates.
3. Environmental Ethics: Volume > 28 > Issue: 1
Christian Diehm Arne Naess and the Task of Gestalt Ontology
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While much of Arne Naess’s ecosophy underscores the importance of understanding one’s ecological Self, his analyses of gestaltism are significant in that they center less on questions of the self than on questions of nature and what is other-than-human. Rather than the realization of a more expansive Self, gestalt ontology calls for a “gestalt shift” in our thinking about nature, one that allows for its intrinsic value to emerge clearly. Taking such a gestalt shift as a central task enables Naess to avoid some common criticisms of his view.
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Francisco Benzoni Creatures as Creative: Callicott and Whitehead on Creaturely Value
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Alfred North Whitehead’s metaphysics provides a means for overcoming the dualism embedded in J. Baird Callicott’s “postmodern” axiology. Indeed, the lessons Callicott draws from the new physics and ecology imply Whitehead’s position. While Callicott holds that subjectivity and valuing require consciousness, Whitehead argues that subjectivity and valuing characterize all metaphysically basic entities, conscious and non-conscious. Removing the constraint that valuing requires consciousness is a slight shift, but it makes all the difference. By jettisoning this constraint, we can develop a robust account of intrinsic value that overcomes Callicott’s duality, while retaining his insights that valuing requires a valuer and fluent energy is more fundamental than discrete entities.
5. Environmental Ethics: Volume > 28 > Issue: 1
Sheila Lintott Toward Eco-Friendly Aesthetics
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Environmentalists can make individuals more eco-friendly by dispelling many of the myths and misconceptions about the natural world. By learning what in nature is and is not dangerous, and in what contexts the danger is real, individuals can come to aesthetically appreciate seemingly unappreciable nature. Since aesthetic attraction can be an extremely valuable tool for environmentalists, with potentialbeyond that of scientific education, the quest for an eco-friendly is neither unnecessary nor redundant. Rather, an eco-friendly aesthetic ought to be pursued in conjunction with other efforts to protect nature.
6. Environmental Ethics: Volume > 28 > Issue: 1
Paul Haught Hume’s Projectivist Legacy for Environmental Ethics
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Hume’s projectivist theory of value suggests that (environmental) values are either individually or culturally relative and that intrinsic value ascriptions are incoherent. Previous attempts to avert these implications have typically relied on modified Humean accounts that either universalize human sensitivity to the value of the more-than-human world or that adapt the concept of intrinsic value to suit a world in which all values are projected. While there are merits to these approaches, there is another alternative. Hume’s own moral theory promises to be an even richer source for environmental ethical discourse than previously thought, and this richness is owed in large part to the robustness of Hume’s theory of virtue.
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Grounding Knowledge: Environmental Philosophy, Epistemology, and Place
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Susan Armstrong For Love of Matter: A Contemporary Panpsychism
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Peter C. List The Seasons of Fire: Reflections on Fire in the West
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Mark Bernstein Animal Pragmatism: Rethinking Human-Nonhuman Relationships
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11. Environmental Ethics: Volume > 28 > Issue: 1
Philip Cafaro Concerning Thoreau’s Living Ethics
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