PERSONS IN NATURE: TOWARD AN APPLICABLE AND UNIFIED ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS

Frederick Ferré; Frederick Ferré

doi:10.1111/j.1467-9744.1993.tb01049.x

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PERSONS IN NATURE: TOWARD AN APPLICABLE AND UNIFIED ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS

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Abstract. Two major contenders for the role of robust environmental ethics claim our allegiance. One is Baird Callicott's, based on the land ethic formulated by Aldo Leopold; the other is that of Holmes Rolston, 111, sharply distinguishing environmental from social (human) ethics. Despite their many strengths, neither gives us the vision we need. Callicott's ethic leaves too much out of his picture; Rolston's leaves too much disconnected between nature and humankind. A really usable environmental ethic needs to be both comprehensive and integrated. For that, we need a worldview that includes the human in nature but also affirms the unique values of personhood.

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humanity, endangered, metaphysics, organicism, fauna, personalism, ethics, nature

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Ferré, F., (1993) “PERSONS IN NATURE: TOWARD AN APPLICABLE AND UNIFIED ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS”, Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 28(4), 441–453. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9744.1993.tb01049.x

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Callicott, J. Baird.1980. “Animal Liberation: A Triangular Affair. Environmental Ethics 2: 311–38.

Callicott, J. Baird.1991a. “That Good Old‐Time Wilderness Religion. The Environmental Professional 13: 378–79.

Callicott, J. Baird.1991b. “The Wilderness Idea Revisited: The Sustainable Development Alternative. The Environmental Professional 13: 235–47.

Ferré, Frederick.1989. “Obstacles on the Path to Organismic Ethics. Environmental Ethics 11:231–41.

Leopold, Aldo. [1949] 1966. A Sand County Almanac: With Essays on Conservation from Round River. New York : Ballantine Books.

Rolston, Holmes, III.1988. Environmental Ethics: Duties to and Values in the Natural World. Philadelphia : Temple Univ. Press.

Rolston, Holmes, III. 1991. “The Wilderness Idea Reaffirmed. The Environmental Professional 13:370–77.

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Frederick Ferré (Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science)

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Volume 28 • Issue 4 • December 1993

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Pages	441–453

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Published	1993-12-02

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