Nature Ethics Without Theory
| dc.contributor.author | Mellon, Joseph | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-12-12T23:58:33Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-12-12T23:58:33Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1989-06 | |
| dc.description | 288 pages | |
| dc.description.abstract | This work presents a case against the need for moral theory in nature ethics. A theory is not needed to bridge a gap between f acts and values. One is not needed to handle crisis cases. Nor is one needed to extend the moral circle of car e beyond human beings. Ordinary moral reasoning will suffice . To show this , moral cases are made for a vegan diet , and against the use of animals in research. The moral theorist is then left with this dilemma: either the details of a moral issue are enough to settle it , thus rendering a moral theory unnecessary , or the details are not enough, but neither is any moral theory. In place of theory, a moral vision is sketched , one which is at once contemplative , feminist . anarchist , pacifist, anti-capital ist , and pro- nature. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1794/30249 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | University of Oregon | |
| dc.rights | Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0-US | |
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| dc.subject | philosophy, moral theory, nature ethics, ethics, animal research, moral diet, moral vision, value | |
| dc.title | Nature Ethics Without Theory | |
| dc.type | Thesis / Dissertation |