2014/01/01 by Manuel Arias Maldonado · 1 citation
Social Sciences · Environmental Science · #Religion, Ecology, and Ethics #Environmental Philosophy and Ethics #Climate Change and Geoengineering
paper · doi:10.1007/978-1-349-68308-6_2
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Despite environmental political theory’s diversity, it seems fair to say that what distinguishes it from other strains of thought is its concern for nature. Moreover, environmentalism has turned nature into a political category, so that the philosophical reflection about the latter is supposed to produce social changes, that is, it should lead to substantial changes in the way in which nature — or the environment — is handled by human beings, both on the individual and the societal level.