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Nature as Neighbor: Aldo Leopold's Extension of Ethics to the Land

Holtzman, Lynn T.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1244242400

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2009, Master of Science (MS), Ohio University, Environmental Studies (Arts and Sciences).
Aldo Leopold proposed a land ethic that extended moral values and principles to nonhuman entities of the biotic community. I argue that his land ethic can be integrated with an existing moral code, namely the Golden Rule interpreted as an ethics of empathy, which promotes altruistic benevolent acts towards the land.I demonstrate that the basic moral requirements necessary to practice the Golden Rule (i.e., empathy, comparability, relationship, benevolence) can be extended to nonhuman entities. I conclude that an ecologically-integrated Golden Rule satisfies Leopold's moral requirements necessary for the extension of ethics to the land and, if practiced, makes it possible to achieve Leopold's ultimate goal, which is land health.
Wendy S. Parker (Committee Chair)
Mark Lebar (Committee Member)
Geoffrey Buckley (Committee Member)
63 p.
Philosophy
Aldo Leopold; ethics of empathy; biotic value; biotic community; land ethic; Golden Rule; environmental ethic

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  • Holtzman, L. T. (2009). Nature as Neighbor: Aldo Leopold's Extension of Ethics to the Land [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1244242400

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Holtzman, Lynn. Nature as Neighbor: Aldo Leopold's Extension of Ethics to the Land. 2009. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1244242400.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Holtzman, Lynn. "Nature as Neighbor: Aldo Leopold's Extension of Ethics to the Land." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1244242400

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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