Professor Thom Brooks thom.brooks@durham.ac.uk
Professor
Respect for Nature: The Capabilities Approach
Brooks, Thom
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Abstract
In ‘Respect for everything,’ David Schmidtz offers powerful arguments in favour of a respect for nature over species egalitarianism (Schmidtz, this issue, pp. 127–138). While I accept much of his account, I argue that his understanding of respect may be too thin to perform its proper task. Instead, our use of respect should be grounded in the capabilities approach. This approach offers us a more substantive perspective through which we might best conceive respect. I will begin with an outline of the main argument in favour of respect for nature (and against species egalitarianism). The discussion will then close with how we might better understand respect.
Citation
Brooks, T. (2011). Respect for Nature: The Capabilities Approach. Ethics, Policy & Environment, 14(2), 143-146. https://doi.org/10.1080/21550085.2011.578363
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | 2011 |
Deposit Date | Nov 16, 2012 |
Journal | Ethics, Policy & Environment |
Print ISSN | 2155-0085 |
Electronic ISSN | 2155-0093 |
Publisher | Taylor and Francis Group |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 14 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 143-146 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/21550085.2011.578363 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1471924 |
Publisher URL | 10.1080/21550085.2011.578363 |
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