The ethics of historic preservation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4079196 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Erich Hatala Matthes (0000-0002-6067-6219, Wellesley College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 12 |
| Pages | 786-794 |
| Publication date | 2016-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophy Compass (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1747-9991 • E-ISSN: 1747-9991 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/phc3.12379 |
| OpenAlex | W2544840566 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 35 |
This article draws together research from various sub-disciplines of philosophy to offer an overview of recent philosophical work on the ethics of historic preservation. I discuss how philosophers writing about art, culture, and the environment have appealed to historical significance in crafting arguments about the preservation of objects, practices, and places. By demonstrating how it relates to core themes in moral and political philosophy, I argue that historic preservation is essentially concerned with ethical issues
Engineering ethics · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Ethical theories · Moral philosophy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · Engineering · Environmental Philosophy and Ethics · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Law · Philosophy
Analytical philosophy of history
Environmental Values
Faking nature
Value, Respect, and Attachment
Group-Differentiated Rights and the Problem of Membership
Cultural Appropriation Without Cultural Essentialism
Equal Recognition
Some Challenges for Narrative Accounts of Value
Historical importance
The Ethics and Politics of Cultural Preservation
Can we own the past? Cultural artifacts as public goods
Wilderness, cultivation and appropriation
Historical Environmental Values
Ideals of Human Excellence and Preserving Natural Environments
Nature, Culture, and Natural Heritage
Environment as Heritage
Narrative Explanation
Cultural Heritage Ethics
Two Ways of Thinking about Cultural Property
Place-Historical Narratives
Immigration and the Significance of Culture
Analytical Philosophy of History
Touch and the Experience of the Genuine
Artistic Crimes
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,43 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2024 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |