Rolston, Holmes, 1932-, authorVita e Pensiero, publisher2007-01-032007-01-031998Rolston, Holmes, III, Esiste un'etica ecologica?, Tallacchini, Mariachiara, ed., Etiche della Terra: Antologia di Filosofia dell'Ambiente, 151-171. Milan: Vita e Pensiero, 1998.http://hdl.handle.net/10217/37186Includes bibliographical references.Text in Italian.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.born digitalchapters (layout features)ita©1998 Vita e Pensiero.Copyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.conservationecosystemsstewardshipecologyenvironmental ethicsecological ethicsnatural lawmoral principlesText