Callicott Flashcards
1
Q
Leopold/Darwin: we are ethical before we are rational
A
feelings, sentiments - mammalian bonds (250)
2
Q
Holism
A
- concern for the biotic community collectively
- rejects egoistic self-concern and asks “why care about others” (254)
- rejects “psychocentric” approach
- altruism
3
Q
psychocentric approach
A
standard model focused on individual conscious beings
4
Q
non-holistic theories
A
regan, singer, taylor
5
Q
how is land ethic considered an anthrogenic but biocentric holistic theory?
A
p 255
- land ethic is an anthrogenic theory of the origin of values, but is a biocentric holistic theory about what entities have value
