THE USE AND ABUSE OF ECOLOGICAL CONCEPTS IN ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS

被引：8
作者：
HOLLAND, A
机构：
[1] Department of Philosophy, Furness College, Lancaster University, Lancaster
来源：
BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION | 1995年 / 4卷 / 08期
关键词：
ECOLOGY; ETHICAL JUDGMENT; MORAL STANDING; VALUE;
D O I：
10.1007/BF00056189
中图分类号：
X176 [生物多样性保护];
学科分类号：
090705 ;
摘要：
This paper looks at some of the ways in which environmental philosophers have sought to press ecological concepts into the service of environmental ethics. It seeks to show that although ecology plays a major role in opening our eyes to sources of value in the natural world, we should not necessarily attempt to build our account of nature's value upon the concepts which ecology supplies. No description is going to capture nature's essence; no formula is going to demonstrate its value. We should recognise the natural world as a particular historic individual and relate to it accordingly. This means acknowledging its value in a contingent, conditional and provisional way, and recognizing its value as a preconditon of the value of our own lives.
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页码：812 / 826
页数：15
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