The Consequences of Enactivism on Moral Considerability in Environmental Ethics

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dc.identifier	ECF_article_15442
dc.title	The Consequences of Enactivism on Moral Considerability in Environmental Ethics
dc.contributor.author	Fizzarotti Corrado
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.type	Research Article
dc.language.iso	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/the-journal-for-the-philosophy-of-language-mind-an/2023/2/the-consequences-of-enactivism-on-moral-considerab/
dc.description.abstract	Enactivism is a model of cognition that emphasises the dynamic interactions between organisms and their environment. This paper analyses the link between holism and individualism in animal and environmental ethics through the conceptual tools provided by the enactivist programme, particularly through a perspective of relational values emerging from the dynamic interactions of organisms with the environment. In our opinion, the more dynamic concept of value that enactivism implicitly offers can be helpful in resolving conflicts within green ethics. Concurrently, its reconceptualization of agency in simple organisms contributes to the discourse on the attribution of moral con‑ sideration to non‑human entities. These insights have implications for both the moral deliberation of the individual agent and decisions taken at the political level. We briefly address the associated philosophical and practical challenges in ethical deliberations.
dc.relation.ispartof	JoLMA
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 4 \| Issue 2 \| December 2023
dc.issued	2024-02-07
dc.dateAccepted	2023-12-30
dc.dateSubmitted	2023-09-29
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2723-9640
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/Jolma/2723-9640/2023/02/005
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Animal ethics
dc.subject	Enactivism
dc.subject	Environmental ethics
dc.subject	Holism
dc.subject	Relational Value

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Corrado Fizzarotti Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia; Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche , Italia

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abstract

Enactivism is a model of cognition that emphasises the dynamic interactions between organisms and their environment. This paper analyses the link between holism and individualism in animal and environmental ethics through the conceptual tools provided by the enactivist programme, particularly through a perspective of relational values emerging from the dynamic interactions of organisms with the environment. In our opinion, the more dynamic concept of value that enactivism implicitly offers can be helpful in resolving conflicts within green ethics. Concurrently, its reconceptualization of agency in simple organisms contributes to the discourse on the attribution of moral con‑ sideration to non‑human entities. These insights have implications for both the moral deliberation of the individual agent and decisions taken at the political level. We briefly address the associated philosophical and practical challenges in ethical deliberations.

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Feb. 7, 2024

Accepted

Dec. 30, 2023

Submitted

Sept. 29, 2023

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Keywords: Enactivism • Holism • Animal ethics • Environmental ethics • Relational Value

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