Environmentalism: Spiritual,Ethical,Political

Abstract

The normative foundations of the environmental movement can be thought of in a range of different ways. The present paper is a commentary on very interesting papers by Thomas Dunlap, Thomas Hill and Kimberly Smith, who take up the spiritual, ethical and political perspectives respectively. Their accounts are described and evaluated.

Keywords

Environmental movement death of environmentalism nature religion intrinsic value plural values middle-level values social contract mutual accountability Leopold Rawls Eckersley Scanlon Schellenberger Nordhaus

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