Esiste un'etica ecologica?
Date
1998
Authors
Rolston, Holmes, 1932-, author
Vita e Pensiero, publisher
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Abstract
An ecological ethic is puzzling in its mixture of science and ethics. A) In secondary ecological ethics, we distinguish a proximate moral ought, ecologically informed, operating through natural law, but which is preceded by an antecedent moral ought that is classical. Injunctions to recycle are of this kind. B) in primary ecological ethics, ecosystemic evaluation has informed even the antecedent moral ought, and the descriptive and prescriptive arise together. Injunctions to maximize the beauty, integrity, and stability of the ecosystem are of this kind.
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Includes bibliographical references.
Text in Italian.
Text in Italian.
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Subject
conservation
ecosystems
stewardship
ecology
environmental ethics
ecological ethics
natural law
moral principles