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From beauty to duty: aesthetics of nature and environmental ethics

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dc.contributor.authorRolston, Holmes, 1932-, author
dc.contributor.authorAshgate Publishing, publisher
dc.date.accessioned2007-01-03T04:29:28Z
dc.date.available2007-01-03T04:29:28Z
dc.date.issued2002
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (pages 140-141).
dc.description.abstractIn both environmental aesthetics and environmental ethics something of value is at stake. These are often connected: If beauty, then: duty. But not all duties are tied to beauties. Other premises, such as resource use or respect for life, might better yield duties. Human aesthetic capacities depend on aesthetic properties of value. Wildlife admirers focus on animal excellences. Biotic communities, ecosystems, have their integrities. In a participatory aesthetics, an appropriate admiration for nature transforms into our caring.
dc.description.abstractSee De la beauté au devoir - French version: http://hdl.handle.net/10217/185272.
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dc.identifier.bibliographicCitationRolston, Holmes, III, From Beauty to Duty: Aesthetics of Nature and Environmental Ethics, Berleant, Arnold, ed., In Environment and the Arts: Perspectives on Environmental Aesthetics 127-141. Aldershot Hampshire, UK and Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing, 2002.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10217/37181
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartofEnvironmental Ethics: Anthologies and Journal Articles
dc.rights©2002 Ashgate Publishing.
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dc.subjectconservation
dc.subjectscenic grandeur
dc.subjectenvironmental aesthetics
dc.subjectenvironmental ethics
dc.subjectbiotic community
dc.subjectnature
dc.titleFrom beauty to duty: aesthetics of nature and environmental ethics
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