Plato's Anthropocentrism Reconsidered
Plato's ideas on the value of nature and humankind are reconsidered. The traditional suggestion that his thought is ethically anthropocentric is rejected. Instead "Ethical Ratiocentrism" (ER) is the environmental worldview found in the dialogues. According to ER, human life is not int...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Center for Environmental Philosophy, University of North Texas
2021
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Environmental ethics
Year: 2021, Volume: 43, Issue: 2, Pages: 119-141 |
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| Summary: | Plato's ideas on the value of nature and humankind are reconsidered. The traditional suggestion that his thought is ethically anthropocentric is rejected. Instead "Ethical Ratiocentrism" (ER) is the environmental worldview found in the dialogues. According to ER, human life is not intrinsically valuable, but only rational life is. ER is consistent with Plato's holistic axiological outlook but incompatible with ethical anthropocentrism. |
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| ISSN: | 2153-7895 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Environmental ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5840/enviroethics202151126 |