Environmental problems compel examination of three contrasting patterns of moral reasoning concerning the human relationship to nature: the currently implemented Progress Ethic, and the proposed alternatives of a Stewardship Ethic and Connection Ethic. But none of these deliver all they promise, whether in theory or practice or both, because all dubiously presume that moral reason is commensurate with nature, and that the value of natural entities is an intrinsic property. Matthew R. Foster argues that resolution of this crisis requires reaching beyond the limit of reason, and acknowledging…mehr
Environmental problems compel examination of three contrasting patterns of moral reasoning concerning the human relationship to nature: the currently implemented Progress Ethic, and the proposed alternatives of a Stewardship Ethic and Connection Ethic. But none of these deliver all they promise, whether in theory or practice or both, because all dubiously presume that moral reason is commensurate with nature, and that the value of natural entities is an intrinsic property. Matthew R. Foster argues that resolution of this crisis requires reaching beyond the limit of reason, and acknowledging value to be not a noun, but a verb about the incomparable relation of two entities.
Introduction PART I TASK, TOOLS, AND PLAN Chapter One Task: What Should Be the Human Relationship to Nature? Chapter Two Tools: The Way of Moral Reasoning Chapter Three Plan: Comparative Testing of Three Ethics PART II THREE ETHICS Chapter Four The Progress Ethic Chapter Five The Stewardship Ethic Chapter Six The Connection Ethic PART III THE UNDERLYING PROBLEM AND A PROPOSAL Chapter Seven Assessment: Comparison of Three Ethics Chapter Eight Foundations: The Meta-Ethical Problem in Each Ethic Chapter Nine Foundation: The Shared Meta-Ethical Problem and a Proposal PART IV TOWARD A NEW ETHIC Chapter Ten Sorting Resources Chapter Eleven New Perspectives on Four Variables Chapter Twelve A New Environmental Ethic Appendix The Moral Argument in Four Environmental Ethics
Introduction PART I TASK, TOOLS, AND PLAN Chapter One Task: What Should Be the Human Relationship to Nature? Chapter Two Tools: The Way of Moral Reasoning Chapter Three Plan: Comparative Testing of Three Ethics PART II THREE ETHICS Chapter Four The Progress Ethic Chapter Five The Stewardship Ethic Chapter Six The Connection Ethic PART III THE UNDERLYING PROBLEM AND A PROPOSAL Chapter Seven Assessment: Comparison of Three Ethics Chapter Eight Foundations: The Meta-Ethical Problem in Each Ethic Chapter Nine Foundation: The Shared Meta-Ethical Problem and a Proposal PART IV TOWARD A NEW ETHIC Chapter Ten Sorting Resources Chapter Eleven New Perspectives on Four Variables Chapter Twelve A New Environmental Ethic Appendix The Moral Argument in Four Environmental Ethics
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