Title: The metaphysics, ethics and politics of environmentalism

Authors: Tibor R. Machan

Addresses: Chapman University, USA

Abstract: This paper accepts the idea that environmentalism must pay attention to some metaphysical-ethical features of human life. It argues, accordingly, that the normative presumptions of the field are serious and roughly right: we can do something about how we interact with the environment. In particular, it argues that a certain ethical-political controversy has direct bearing on environmental matters.

Keywords: metaphysics; ethics; politics; environmentalism; collective action; environmental management; human nature.

DOI: 10.1504/IER.1999.053834

Interdisciplinary Environmental Review, 1999 Vol.1 No.1, pp.23 - 32

Published online: 13 May 2013 *

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