Stoic Quietude: Rethinking Stoicism in Relation to the Soundscape
Soundscapes are comprised of biological sounds (biophony), non-biological sounds (geophony), and sounds introduced through human activity (anthrophony). These sounds provide us with the opportunity to both better understand and enjoy the natural world. Diverse soundscapes across the globe are being...
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Center for Environmental Philosophy, University of North Texas
[2016]
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Environmental ethics
Jahr: 2016, Band: 38, Heft: 1, Seiten: 47-61 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Soundscapes are comprised of biological sounds (biophony), non-biological sounds (geophony), and sounds introduced through human activity (anthrophony). These sounds provide us with the opportunity to both better understand and enjoy the natural world. Diverse soundscapes across the globe are being degraded and disappearing altogether in the face of global climate change and habitat alteration. Humility and quietude are required as a means to confront the devastating loss of soundscapes. Stoicism offers fruitful accounts of these virtues that can be useful to us in our modern lives as we attempt to appreciate and protect natural soundscapes. |
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| ISSN: | 2153-7895 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Environmental ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5840/enviroethics20163814 |