Environmental Ethics: Should We Preserve the Red Herring and Flounder?

摘要: Based on a survey of some popularintroductory anthologies and texts, I arguefrom my experience as philosopher oftechnology that environmental philosophy mightbe conceived by researchers in the fieldin terms an overly narrow theoreticalfoundation. Many key figures thefield take basic assumption theenvironmental crisis is fundamentally bestexplained failing themetaphysical outlooks most people. However,philosophers technology typically present atleast two additional types generalexplanation crisis. Environmentalethicists might benefit from consideration ofthese alternative ways explaining rootcauses ecological