The land ethic at the turn of the millennium |
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Authors: | Holmes Rolston |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Philosophy, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA |
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Abstract: | Aldo Leopold's land ethic has proved more complex and subtle than he envisioned. Nevertheless, Leopold launched what, facing a new millennium, has proved urgent on the global agenda: an environmental ethics concerned in theory and practice about appropriate respect for values carried by the natural world and human responsibilities for the sustaining of these values. A blending of anthropocentric and biocentric values continues to be vital. These duties toward nature involve analysis of ecosystem integrity and evolutionary dynamism at both scientific and philosophical levels; any responsible environmental policy must be based on plausible accounts of ecosystems and a sustainable biosphere. Humans and this planet have entwined destinies. We now envision an Earth ethic beyond the land ethic. |
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Keywords: | Aldo Leopold Earth ethics environmental ethics land ethic naturalized ethics |
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