Worldliness and Respect for Nature: An Ecological Application of Hannah Arendt's Conception of Culture
- 1 February 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Environmental Values
- Vol. 7 (1), 25-40
- https://doi.org/10.3197/096327198129341456
Abstract
Arendt's conception of culture could supersede claims that nature's intrinsic value or human interests best ground environmental ethics. Fusing ancient Greek notions of non-instrumental value and Roman concerns for cultivating and preserving worldly surroundings, culture supplies an ethic for the treatment of nonhuman things. Unlike a system of philosophical propositions, an Arendtian ecology could only arise in public deliberation, since culture's qualitative judgements are intrinsically linked to processes of political persuasion.Keywords
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