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Can I read An Extensionist Environmental Ethic on EtoBox?
An Extensionist Environmental Ethic by Gary L. Comstock is a Environmental Science article available to read on EtoBox.
What is An Extensionist Environmental Ethic about?
Environmental ethics consists of a set of competing theories about whether human actions and attitudes to nature are morally right or wrong. Ecocentrists are holists whose theory locates the primary site of value in biological communities or ecosystems and who tend to regard actions interfering with the progress of an ecosystem toward its mature equilibrium state as prima facie wrong. I suggest that this form of ecocentrism may be built on a questionable scientific foundation, organismic ecology, and that a better scientific foundation for environmental ethics may be found in individualistic neo-Darwinian population biology. However, the latter approach probably requires a corresponding shift away from ethical holism and toward approaches locating value primarily in individuals. I call such environmental ethicists 'extensionists' and briefly outline an extensionist environmental ethic.
Who reads An Extensionist Environmental Ethic?
It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Environmental Science.
- Author
- Gary L. Comstock
- Publisher
- Springer; Springer-Verlag; Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science and Business Media LLC; Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Inc. (ISSN 0960-3115)
- Published
- 1995
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Environmental Science (Physical Sciences)