Preservation Versus the People : Nature, Humanity, and Political Philosophy
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Why should any society take the decision to devote scarce resources, as a matter of public policy, to preserving natural objects? This is one of the questions considered in the field of environmental ethics, and the thinking that has taken place in this discipline has been dominated by the
'ecocentric-anthropocentric' distinction. Answers focus on either 'intrinsic values in nature', or on the human welfare benefits that will accrue from preservationist policies. These two answers are generally taken to be both mutually exclusive and collectively exhaustive. Ecocentric writers
believe that their preferred environmental ethic transcends anthropocentrism, whilst those who cleave to a more 'ecological humanist' position, view the turn to ecocentrism as at best an unnecessary diversion or at worst as a thinly disguised expression of misanthropy.
Preservation Versus the People: Nature, Humanity, and Political Philosophy ,Mathew Humphrey,Oxford University Press, USA,0199242674,Environmental ethics,Environmental policy,Ethics & Moral Philosophy,History & Theory - General,Moral and ethical aspects,Nature conservation,Political Science,Politics / Current Events,Politics/International Relations,Conservation of the environment,Environmentalist thought & ideology,Political Science / History & Theory,Political science & theory,Politics | Political Theory | Political Philosophy,Social & political philosophy
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