"We live under the threat of humanity's self-inflicted extinction. While technological approaches to climate mitigation are admirable, our ecological crisis results ultimately from an inherited, unexamined concept of selfhood and a misconceived view of nature. The received idea that our se...

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1. Verfasser:	Alford, Steven E. 1950- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Jefferson, North Carolina McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers [2024]
Schriftenreihe:	Ethics and culture series
Schlagworte:	Umweltethik Environmental ethics Environmental responsibility Existential ethics Nature / Effect of human beings on Nature / Moral and ethical aspects Morale existentielle Êtres humains / Influence sur la nature Éthique de l'environnement Nature / Aspect moral Responsabilité environnementale
Zusammenfassung:	"We live under the threat of humanity's self-inflicted extinction. While technological approaches to climate mitigation are admirable, our ecological crisis results ultimately from an inherited, unexamined concept of selfhood and a misconceived view of nature. The received idea that our self exists inside our skull engenders an assumption that nature is "out there," with devastating results. This book explores three new ways of thinking about the interrelation of ourselves and "nature": Merleau-Ponty's notion of embodiment, the connection between enactivism and affordances, and object-oriented ontology. These approaches to selfhood reorder our moral obligations: What are our responsibilities to ourselves, our children, and nature itself? An embodied ethic based on empathy can transcend cultural biases and offer a new way of confronting climate change. To meet environmental challenges, we need to change our minds about our minds"--
Beschreibung:	ix, 200 Seiten 23 cm
ISBN:	9781476692944