Climax
Biology and Ethics in Environmental Restoration
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11265597 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hernán Neira (0000-0003-3198-7242, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 347-359 |
| Publication date | 2019-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environmental Ethics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0163-4275 • E-ISSN: 2153-7895 |
| Publisher | Philosophy Documentation Center (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.5840/enviroethics201941441 |
| OpenAlex | W3047804798 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Justifications for the environmental restoration of the Pumalín National Park, originally known as Pumalín Nature Sanctuary, in Chile can be analyzed from a philosophical and ethical point of view. The environmental stage to which the park should be restored is defined as a moral choice, rather than an ecological one, that is based on “climax” as an a priori value that supports and guides the main restoration actions carried out in the park. This climax is a pre-settling or pre-colonization condition. Defined philosophically, climax is both an ethical and political value. For these actions, the ecosystem’s health can be treated the same as that of a human’s health: each society defines the criteria and the acme of health, as well as the valid efforts to restore it
Biology · Climax · Environmental ethics · Sociology · Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond · Ethics and bioethics in healthcare · Philosophy · Ecology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |