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The Ecological Community: The Blind Spot of Environmental Virtue Ethics

La communauté écologique: point aveugle des éthiques des vertus environnementales

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Since their emergence in the 1980s, environmental virtue ethics (EVE) has aimed to provide an alternative to deontological and consequentialist approaches for guiding ecological actions in the context of the global environmental crisis. The deterioration of the ecological situation and the challenges in addressing collective action problems caused by global changes have heightened interest in these ethics. They offer a framework for meaningful individual actions independently of the commitment of other actors. However, by shifting the focus onto individuals, EVE appear to grapple with the tension between anthropocentrism and respect for nature, as well as between self-flourishing and concern for other living beings. This article argues that this difficulty is rooted in the neglect within EVE of the communitarian aspect of ancient virtue ethics. Drawing from Baird Callicott's ecocentric approach and Val Plumwood's works, it explores the possibility of conceiving ecological communities as collective frameworks in which both public and private virtues are defined and practiced.
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Rémi Beau. The Ecological Community: The Blind Spot of Environmental Virtue Ethics. Philosophies, 2023, 8 (6), pp.112. ⟨10.3390/philosophies8060112⟩. ⟨hal-04333451⟩
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