Value theory in environmental ethics and economics
| dc.contributor.author | Williams, Allison, author | |
| dc.contributor.author | McShane, Katie, advisor | |
| dc.contributor.author | Shockley, Kenneth, committee member | |
| dc.contributor.author | Fremstad, Anders, committee member | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-09-07T10:08:29Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-09-07T10:08:29Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The need for an environmental ethic is clear. Many in environmental ethics claim that an environmental ethic ought to be based on the intrinsic and/or non-anthropocentric value of nature, without consensus on a clear definition of those terms and without a clear analysis of the implications of adopting such an ethic. The purpose of this thesis is to first make sense of those different definitions and claims. Then, I describe Aldo Leopold's Land Ethic, a community-based environmental ethic outlined by Aldo Leopold, in order to contrast the different ways in which we ought to value the natural world with how we value things in economics. I argue that theories of value in economics, specifically existence value, are not compatible with nor can they capture the intrinsic, non-anthropocentric value of nature, and I propose an alternative ethic in opposition to the commodification of nature, and the relationship to the natural world formed by economics. | |
| dc.format.medium | born digital | |
| dc.format.medium | masters theses | |
| dc.identifier | Williams_colostate_0053N_16111.pdf | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10217/212002 | |
| dc.language | English | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher | Colorado State University. Libraries | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | 2020- | |
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| dc.title | Value theory in environmental ethics and economics | |
| dc.type | Text | |
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| thesis.degree.discipline | Philosophy | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Colorado State University | |
| thesis.degree.level | Masters | |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Arts (M.A.) |
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