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  • Chapter 5 - Moral environmentalism

  • Edited by Christian Coons, Bowling Green State University, Ohio, Michael Weber, Bowling Green State University, Ohio
  • Book:
    Paternalism
    Published online:
    05 February 2013
    Print publication:
    14 February 2013, pp 93-114

  • Summary

    This chapter characterizes the moral environmentalism and presents a presumptive case for it. The autonomy objection to moral environmentalism is then outlined. Moral environmentalism is also an instance of legal paternalism. The moral environmentalist proposes to use the law, including its coercive apparatus, to create or preserve an emotional and cultural climate that favors some forms of life over others. Moral environmentalism aims to bring about a moral environment that will best enable the members of a society, in general, to lead morally valuable lives. The author concerns with one influential objection to moral environmentalism. This objection appeals directly to the value of personal autonomy. The appeal to autonomy is the most influential line of resistance to moral environmentalism at the level of moral principle, but other lines of resistance may prove to be more promising than the author has realized.