The Dasgupta Review and the Problem of Anthropocentrism
Early Access MAR 2022 International audience As is customary in economics, the Dasgupta Review on the economics of biodiversity adopts an anthropocentric approach: that is, among the millions of species on Earth, the Review accords a moral value to only one species; ours. Building on the literature...
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ftunivnantes:oai:HAL:hal-03728125v1 2023-05-15T15:45:12+02:00 The Dasgupta Review and the Problem of Anthropocentrism Treich, Nicolas Toulouse School of Economics (TSE-R) Université Toulouse Capitole (UT Capitole) Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE) ANR-17-EURE-0010,CHESS,Toulouse Graduate School défis en économie et sciences sociales quantitatives(2017) 2022 https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-03728125 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-022-00663-4 en eng HAL CCSD Springer info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1007/s10640-022-00663-4 hal-03728125 https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-03728125 doi:10.1007/s10640-022-00663-4 WOS: 000765737900001 ISSN: 0924-6460 EISSN: 1573-1502 Environmental and Resource Economics https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-03728125 Environmental and Resource Economics, 2022, ⟨10.1007/s10640-022-00663-4⟩ Biodiversity Environmental economics Anthropocentrism Animal welfare Sentience Conservation [SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2022 ftunivnantes https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-022-00663-4 2023-03-08T01:35:01Z Early Access MAR 2022 International audience As is customary in economics, the Dasgupta Review on the economics of biodiversity adopts an anthropocentric approach: that is, among the millions of species on Earth, the Review accords a moral value to only one species; ours. Building on the literature in ethics, I explain why it is morally problematic to assume that other species-at least, sentient animals-only have an instrumental value for humans. The Review defends its approach, but I advance counter arguments. I highlight that preserving the diversity of life in ecosystems is not the same as taking care of the wellbeing of sentient species living in those ecosystems. Some biodiversity policies, such as protecting the blue whale or reducing meat consumption, largely satisfy both anthropocentric and non-anthropocentric objectives. Other policies, such as the reintroduction of wolves or the eradication of invasive species, induce conflicts between these objectives. I finally discuss why the anthropocentric view remains prevalent in the research on biodiversity and present some potential non-anthropocentric research directions. Article in Journal/Newspaper Blue whale Université de Nantes: HAL-UNIV-NANTES Environmental and Resource Economics |
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Early Access MAR 2022 International audience As is customary in economics, the Dasgupta Review on the economics of biodiversity adopts an anthropocentric approach: that is, among the millions of species on Earth, the Review accords a moral value to only one species; ours. Building on the literature in ethics, I explain why it is morally problematic to assume that other species-at least, sentient animals-only have an instrumental value for humans. The Review defends its approach, but I advance counter arguments. I highlight that preserving the diversity of life in ecosystems is not the same as taking care of the wellbeing of sentient species living in those ecosystems. Some biodiversity policies, such as protecting the blue whale or reducing meat consumption, largely satisfy both anthropocentric and non-anthropocentric objectives. Other policies, such as the reintroduction of wolves or the eradication of invasive species, induce conflicts between these objectives. I finally discuss why the anthropocentric view remains prevalent in the research on biodiversity and present some potential non-anthropocentric research directions. |
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Toulouse School of Economics (TSE-R) Université Toulouse Capitole (UT Capitole) Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE) ANR-17-EURE-0010,CHESS,Toulouse Graduate School défis en économie et sciences sociales quantitatives(2017) |
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