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Ethical extensionism. Ethical extensionism or moral extensionism is a metaethical or metaphilosophical approach in environmental ethics and animal ethics that extends existing ethical theories and concepts to include entities (animals, plants, species, the earth) that are traditionally excluded. For example, while many cultures differ as to ...
Ethical Extensionism Defended Joel P. MacClellan Loyola University, New Orleans ABSTRACT Ethical extensionism is a common argument pattern in environmen-tal and animal ethics, which takes a morally valuable trait already recognized in us and argues that we should recognize that value in other entities such as nonhuman animals.
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Critics of ethical extensionism contend that piecemeal extensions of the dominant individualistic. approaches to ethics cannot give rise to an adequate environmental ethic because individualistic ethics, which privilege individuals over ecological wholes, fail to address people’s actual. environmental concerns.
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Mar 20, 2024 · Abstract Ethical extensionism is a common argument pattern in environmental and animal ethics, which takes a morally valuable trait already recognized in us and argues that we should recognize that value in other entities such as nonhuman animals.
Extensionism in Environmental Ethics Jonathan A. Newman , University of Guelph, Ontario , Gary Varner , Texas A & M University , Stefan Linquist , University of Guelph, Ontario Book: Defending Biodiversity
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Jun 3, 2002 · Environmental ethics is the discipline in philosophy that studies the moral relationship of human beings to, and also the value and moral status of, the environment and its non-human contents. This entry covers: (1) the challenge of environmental ethics to the anthropocentrism (i.e., human-centeredness) embedded in traditional western ethical ...
Aug 1, 2011 · Ethical extensionism generally involves drawing one or more lines of moral standing. I argue (i) for all living organisms, there is a non-zero probability of sentience and consciousness, and (ii) we cannot justify excluding beings from consideration on the basis of uncertainty of their sentience, etc., and rather we should incorporate this ...
