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- Title
BRINGING VALUES DOWN TO EARTH: MAX SCHELER AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHILOSOPHY.
- Authors
Petersen, Keith
- Abstract
Scheler's philosophical anthropology and value theory provide rich resources for current discourses in environmental philosophy. It is argued that his pluralist value-ethical framework offers a novel perspective on current debates over the 'nature of value and the value of nature' in contemporary environmental ethics. 'Bringing values down to earth' is a characterization of what Scheler calls 'sublimation:' the unique place of humans in the cosmos is to actualize values which only they are capable of apprehending. This may be interpreted in a non-anthropocentric way in order to balance environmental views that attempt to minimize the sense of human uniqueness.
- Publication
Appraisal, 2011, Vol 8, Issue 4, p3
- ISSN
1358-3336
- Publication type
Academic Journal