Environmental ethics in Antarctica
Includes bibliographical references. The concerns of environmental ethics on other continents fail in Antarctica, which is without sustainable development, or ecosystems for a "land ethic," or even familiar terrestrial fauna and flora. An Antarctic regime, developing politically, has been...
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ftcolostateunidc:oai:mountainscholar.org:10217/36769 2023-05-15T13:48:49+02:00 Environmental ethics in Antarctica Rolston, Holmes, 1932- Antarctica South Pole 2007-01-03T06:59:16Z born digital articles application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10217/36769 https://doi.org/10.5840/enviroethics200224226 English eng eng Colorado State University. Libraries Environmental Philosophy, Inc. Environmental Ethics: Anthologies and Journal Articles - Rolston (Holmes) Collection Rolston, Holmes, III, Environmental Ethics in Antartica, Environmental Ethics 24, no. 2 (Summer 2002): 115-134. http://dx.doi.org/10.5840/enviroethics200224226 http://hdl.handle.net/10217/36769 https://dx.doi.org/10.5840/enviroethics200224226 ©2002 Environmental Philosophy, Inc. environmental ethics Antarctic Sanctuary wilderness model Antarctica Text 2007 ftcolostateunidc https://doi.org/10.5840/enviroethics200224226 2023-03-02T18:34:33Z Includes bibliographical references. The concerns of environmental ethics on other continents fail in Antarctica, which is without sustainable development, or ecosystems for a "land ethic," or even familiar terrestrial fauna and flora. An Antarctic regime, developing politically, has been developing an ethics, underrunning the politics, remarkably exemplified in the Madrid Protocol, protecting "the intrinsic value of Antarctica." Without inhabitants, claims of sovereignty are problematic. Antarctica is a continent for scientists and, more recently, tourists. Both focus on wild nature. Life is driven to extremes; these extremes can intensify an ethic. Antarctica as common heritage transforms into wilderness, sanctuary, wonderland. An appropriate ethics for the seventh continent differs radically from that for the other six. Text Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica South pole South pole Digital Collections of Colorado (Colorado State University) Antarctic South Pole Environmental Ethics 24 2 115 134 |
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Includes bibliographical references. The concerns of environmental ethics on other continents fail in Antarctica, which is without sustainable development, or ecosystems for a "land ethic," or even familiar terrestrial fauna and flora. An Antarctic regime, developing politically, has been developing an ethics, underrunning the politics, remarkably exemplified in the Madrid Protocol, protecting "the intrinsic value of Antarctica." Without inhabitants, claims of sovereignty are problematic. Antarctica is a continent for scientists and, more recently, tourists. Both focus on wild nature. Life is driven to extremes; these extremes can intensify an ethic. Antarctica as common heritage transforms into wilderness, sanctuary, wonderland. An appropriate ethics for the seventh continent differs radically from that for the other six. |
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Environmental Ethics: Anthologies and Journal Articles - Rolston (Holmes) Collection Rolston, Holmes, III, Environmental Ethics in Antartica, Environmental Ethics 24, no. 2 (Summer 2002): 115-134. http://dx.doi.org/10.5840/enviroethics200224226 http://hdl.handle.net/10217/36769 https://dx.doi.org/10.5840/enviroethics200224226 |
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