Environmentalism: Spiritual, Ethical, Political

Author: Smith, Michael

Source: Environmental Values, Volume 15, Number 3, August 2006 , pp. 355-363(9)

Publisher: White Horse Press

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

Document Type: Research article

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