Environmental ethics - Kantian ethics

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  • Created by: Alasdair
  • Created on: 21-05-17 15:55
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  • Kantian Ethics and the Environment
    • Outline
      • If every stopped polluting universally the environment would be better
      • Argues you can tell a lot about a person by the way they treat animals
      • Kant does have awe for nature, not to be exploited for our needs
      • X can''t use people as a means to an end.
        • Can't stop people harming the environment to save the planet
      • Do we have a duty to protect environment or at least self-protection?
      • If deforestation happens universally: human race could not survive
      • Emotions cannot be taken into account: is this possible when looking at the environmental crisis?
      • Animals and nature have no intrinsic worth. Categorical imperative = only humans
    • Positives
      • Much less subjective
      • Fixed principles - more objective
      • Gives animals intrinsic worth
      • Creates sustainability
      • Universalisability - if people stopped polluting universally, environment would be better
    • Criticisms
      • Arguably not universalisable
      • Human centric approach
    • Link to shallow ecology

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