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A Being of Value: Educating for Environmental Advocacy

A Being of Value: Educating for Environmental Advocacy <jats:sec><jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>This paper explores the conceptual links between the intellectual mastery of the content of a course on the ecological and economic aspects of environmental preservation, and the felt commitment to environmental preservation. I discuss the sense in which a practical ethics course is necessarily oriented to the adoption of a normative agenda, in this case to making recognition of environmental value part of the requirements of the course, and present some experience from my own university's seminar on environmental studies.</jats:p> </jats:sec> http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Worldviews Brill

A Being of Value: Educating for Environmental Advocacy

Worldviews , Volume 8 (2-3): 267 – Jan 1, 2004

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Publisher
Brill
Copyright
© 2004 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
1363-5247
eISSN
1568-5357
DOI
10.1163/1568535042690772
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Abstract

<jats:sec><jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>This paper explores the conceptual links between the intellectual mastery of the content of a course on the ecological and economic aspects of environmental preservation, and the felt commitment to environmental preservation. I discuss the sense in which a practical ethics course is necessarily oriented to the adoption of a normative agenda, in this case to making recognition of environmental value part of the requirements of the course, and present some experience from my own university's seminar on environmental studies.</jats:p> </jats:sec>

Journal

WorldviewsBrill

Published: Jan 1, 2004

Keywords: ENVIRONMENTAL VALUE; ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

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