PHIL 1180 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Deep Ecology, Biocoenosis, Land Ethic
25 Oct 2016
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Holism - prioritize collections or systems rather than individual systems. Pragmatic holism - holism on the practical level more traditional holistic view. Land ethic primary unit of concern should be biotic community. communitarian conception of ethics. how you behave as a member of the community. Humans are a member of the biotic community. Come to realize this through non-rational activities. Why do you care about the individual - they are crucial to well functioning systems, etc. Which one do you prioritize? should we individualist or holist? individualist vs holistic its ok to hunt because you don"t impact the whole population catching a lot of sh. Why do you care about communities? we should treat ecosystem based on the values of the individuals that make up the system. Objection 1: individualism has allowed us to create the undesirable ecological situation that we are in now. Response: applies only to some version of individualism (egocentrism, ratio centrism, anthropocentrism).
