Professor Simon James s.p.james@durham.ac.uk
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The Trouble with Environmental Values
James, Simon P.
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Abstract
If we are to assess whether our attitudes towards nature are morally, aesthetically or in any other way appropriate or inappropriate, then we will need to know what those attitudes are. Drawing on the works of Katie McShane, Alan Holland and Christine Swanton, I challenge the common assumption that to love, respect, honour, cherish or adopt any other sort of pro-attitude towards any natural X simply is to value X in some way and to some degree. Depending on how one interprets ‘value’, that assumption is, I contend, either false or vacuous. I argue that to assess the appropriateness of a person’s pro-attitudes towards a natural entity one must in some cases appeal to the concepts of status and/or bond, and not just that of value. To develop my argument, I appeal to the works of two nature writers – Robert Macfarlane and J. A. Baker.
Citation
James, S. P. (2016). The Trouble with Environmental Values. Environmental Values, 25(2), 131-144. https://doi.org/10.3197/096327116x14552114338747
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Oct 28, 2014 |
Online Publication Date | Apr 1, 2016 |
Publication Date | Apr 1, 2016 |
Deposit Date | Nov 26, 2014 |
Publicly Available Date | Feb 4, 2016 |
Journal | Environmental Values |
Print ISSN | 0963-2719 |
Electronic ISSN | 1752-7015 |
Publisher | White Horse Press |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 25 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 131-144 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.3197/096327116x14552114338747 |
Related Public URLs | http://www.erica.demon.co.uk/EV/papers/James.pdf |
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© 2014 The White Horse Press This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted following peer review for publication in Environmental values, 25, 131-144. The definitive publisher-authenticated version is available online, doi: 10.3197/096327116X14552114338747.
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