Rethinking Environment: The Ethics of a Constructionist View of Our Relation to Nature

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dc.contributor.advisorHabib, Allen
dc.contributor.authorJankunis, Frank
dc.contributor.committeememberMcShane, Katie
dc.contributor.committeememberEreshefsky, Marc
dc.contributor.committeememberGerlach, S. Craig
dc.contributor.committeememberFramarin, Chris
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-05T20:50:28Z
dc.date.available2016-04-05T20:50:28Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.date.submitted2016en
dc.description.abstractIn this thesis I argue that the constructionist theory of the relation between organism and environment has several important implications for ethics. Chapter 1 lays the groundwork for later chapters by elucidating the concepts and terms used in later discussions and providing the motivation for the project. In Chapter 2 I introduce the constructionist theory of the relation between organism and environment. In Chapter 3 I argue that the constructionist theory can be used to criticize exemplars of individualism and holism in ethics and to criticize the idea that individualism and holism are incompatible. In Chapter 4 I turn to climate change and geoengineering, arguing that a class of objection to geoengineering cannot be sustained in light of the theory of the constructed niche. In Chapter 5 I argue that the constructionist theory provides reason to recognize moral obligations to environments, providing a convincing answer to a central theoretical problem in environmental ethics.en_US
dc.identifier.citationJankunis, F. (2016). Rethinking Environment: The Ethics of a Constructionist View of Our Relation to Nature (Doctoral thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27658en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/27658
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/2878
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectPhilosophy
dc.subject.classificationEnvironmental Philosophyen_US
dc.subject.classificationEnvironmental Ethicsen_US
dc.subject.classificationRichard Lewontinen_US
dc.subject.classificationconstructed nicheen_US
dc.subject.classificationclimate changeen_US
dc.subject.classificationindividualism and holismen_US
dc.subject.classificationGeoengineeringen_US
dc.subject.classificationconstructionismen_US
dc.subject.classificationnon-human ethicsen_US
dc.titleRethinking Environment: The Ethics of a Constructionist View of Our Relation to Nature
dc.typedoctoral thesis
thesis.degree.disciplinePhilosophy
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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