Moral Knowledge
Real and Grounded in Place
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12596407 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christopher J Preston (0000-0002-7235-046X, University of Montana, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 175-186 |
| Publication date | 2009-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethics Place & Environment (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1366-879X • E-ISSN: 1469-6703 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13668790902863390 |
| OpenAlex | W2165443837 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 13 |
Recent work in ethics and epistemology argues that physical surroundings have normative force. The ideas of ‘grounding knowledge’ and ‘real ethics’ provide an important way to understand sense of place. This paper uses this work to argue that there is a moral structure to material culture, and that the existence of this moral structure makes it necessary for us to pay attention to the epistemic import of the physical environments we create and live in. Since environments are thick with moral norms, it is incumbent upon us to figure out what kinds of environments are most conducive to our shared visions of the good life
Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Moral disengagement · Normative · Normative ethics · Reflective equilibrium · Sociology · Vision · Environmental Philosophy and Ethics · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Philosophy · Religion, Ecology, and Ethics
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,31 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2026 (17) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |