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Mindmap von Carys Wilkinson, aktualisiert more than 1 year ago
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Erstellt von Carys Wilkinson
vor fast 8 Jahre
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Situation Ethics and Environmental Ethics
- A form of Christian ethics
- Agape love is of
central importance
- An anthropocentric and instrumental
approach
- Agape love is of
central importance
- Fletcher
- One of Fletcher's four principles is personalism.
- 'Ethics deals with human relations. Situation ethic puts
people are the centre of concern, not things. Obligation is to
persons, not to things; to subjects, not objects... not
principles or laws or objects or any other things.'
- Emphasis on the importance of people.
- Sees humans as the focus in ethics and as
morally more significant than animals.
- Sees humans as the focus in ethics and as
morally more significant than animals.
- 'Ethics deals with human relations. Situation ethic puts
people are the centre of concern, not things. Obligation is to
persons, not to things; to subjects, not objects... not
principles or laws or objects or any other things.'
- Never mentions environmental issues in his
text so difficult to identify exact views.
- Focus on loving ones neighbour (agape) could mean an
ethical commitment to action when damage to the
environment affects others.
- If we include future generations in the broad sense of the word
'neighbour' then long term issues such as climate change and
nuclear pollution/waste also become situations that require action.
- If we include future generations in the broad sense of the word
'neighbour' then long term issues such as climate change and
nuclear pollution/waste also become situations that require action.
- One of Fletcher's four principles is personalism.
- Criticisms
- Too vague, how do we know what the
most loving thing is?
- Who do we take into
account, do other
sentient creatures
count?
- Who do we take into
account, do other
sentient creatures
count?
- Pragmatism and personalism place humanity and
its needs first, pushing the intrinsic value of the
environment to the back of the mind.
- Too vague, how do we know what the
most loving thing is?
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