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A Climate of Justice: An Ethical Foundation for EnvironmentalismThe Citizen’s Role in Creating a Climate of Justice

A Climate of Justice: An Ethical Foundation for Environmentalism: The Citizen’s Role in Creating... [In the civic space, citizens with access to resources must learn how to respond to the civilians who need them in such a way that it changes the unjust social climate to a climate of justice. This Chapter explores three options of citizens responding to civilians: empathy, a commons approach, and the ethics of care. Jeremy Rifkin has argued that we have evolved to “the age of empathy,” but this approach ignores the difference between those who are privileged and those who are not. The commons approach invites all to become “commoners,” sharing and shaping a common future. This approach has attractions, but it ignores past injustices and the role of the rule of law in protecting civilians. The ethics of care does invite privileged citizens to listen to civilian claims to join them in repairing broken relationships and caring about justice.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Climate of Justice: An Ethical Foundation for EnvironmentalismThe Citizen’s Role in Creating a Climate of Justice

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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2022
ISBN
978-3-030-77362-5
Pages
149 –161
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-77363-2_10
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Abstract

[In the civic space, citizens with access to resources must learn how to respond to the civilians who need them in such a way that it changes the unjust social climate to a climate of justice. This Chapter explores three options of citizens responding to civilians: empathy, a commons approach, and the ethics of care. Jeremy Rifkin has argued that we have evolved to “the age of empathy,” but this approach ignores the difference between those who are privileged and those who are not. The commons approach invites all to become “commoners,” sharing and shaping a common future. This approach has attractions, but it ignores past injustices and the role of the rule of law in protecting civilians. The ethics of care does invite privileged citizens to listen to civilian claims to join them in repairing broken relationships and caring about justice.]

Published: Jan 1, 2022

Keywords: Civilians; Citizens; Civilian Review Boards; Commons; Empathy; Feminist ethics; Caring for justice

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