The Topography of Moral Ecology

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ID20401010
AuthorsBrinkmann (0000-0001-7579-1212, Aarhus University, corresponding author)
Year2004
Volume14
Issue1
Pages57-80
Publication date2004-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueTheory & Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0959-3543 • E-ISSN: 1461-7447
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0959354304040198
OpenAlexW2146329531
LanguageEN
Citations received14
References cited17

The idea that the human world contains moral properties, that is, moral values and goods, raises a fundamental challenge to the prevailing methodological paradigm in psychology, which is connected to a problematic metaphysical worldview that excludes values from the world. In contrast, this article conceptualizes the human world as a moral ecology; as a meaningful world with moral properties that present human beings with moral reasons for action. The concept of social practice is employed to understand the nature of moral ecology. Thinkers such as Aristotle, Heidegger and Dewey, who emphasize our practical dealings with the world as the basis of understanding, along with the perspectives on morality found in Charles Taylor and Alasdair MacIntyre, help provide the framework of moral ecology. The article concludes by addressing key problems related to the nature of psychology, relativism and identification of moral properties and practices

Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Metaphysics · Moral disengagement · Moral philosophy · Moral psychology · Moral reasoning · Moral relativism · Morality · Relativism · Social cognitive theory of morality · Sociology · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology · Community Health and Development · Philosophy · Social Representations and Identity · Ecology

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