Environmental Ethics UAP 4264 Ecofeminism Class 22 Ron
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Environmental Ethics UAP 4264 Ecofeminism Class 22 Ron Meyers, Ph. D. , SPIA and Fish and Wildlife Conservation, Virginia Tech Ashley Posthumus, Graduate Teaching Assistant, SPIA
Todays class • Today's readings • Van. De. Veer, D. & Pierce, C. Ecofeminism: Preview. (2003). In D. Van. De. Veer & C. Pierce (Eds. ), The Environmental Ethics and Policy Book (3 rd ed. ). (2003). (pp. 279 -281). Cincinnati: Wadsworth Publishing. • Warren, K. J. (1990). The power and promise of ecological feminism. In D. Van. De. Veer & C. Pierce (Eds. ), The Environmental Ethics and Policy Book (3 rd ed. ). (2003). (pp. 282 - 296). Cincinnati: Wadsworth Publishing. 2
Ecofeminism. Van. De. Veer & Pierce. • Warren • Domination women & environment connected • Need feminist environmental ethics • "Logic of domination" unacceptable when oppression involved • Moral hierarchies (i. e. , humans > nature) acceptable when "loving perception" • Gaard • Focuses on human – animal interactions • Critiques Warren for missing speciesism, romanticizing animal "slaughter" • Davion • Must critique gender roles, reject feminine & masculine roles, as both harmful • Shiva • Western maldevelopment destroys wholesome, sustainable lifestyles, subsistence not GDP • Destroys communal ownership, resources for subsistence lifestyles privatized • Process creates real poverty of famine, no productive work, men ownership land 3
Ecofeminism. Warren • Domination women & environment connected • • • Humans able to consciously transform nature Rejects argument this makes humans better/morally superior Argues women identified with nature, men with mental Rejects that nature inferior to mental, and therefore women to men Rejects that men justified in subordinating women and nature • Need feminist environmental ethics to end all forms of oppression 4
Ecofeminism. Warren • First-person narrative • More sensitive • Rejects reductionism of traditional ethics "(relators. . . as moral agents, right holders, interests carriers, sentient beings)". • Focuses on relationships, of special value • Expresses overlooked/underplayed attitudes/behaviors – friends, caring vs. conquering • Argumentatively significant, use story to find solution • Embrace "loving" versus "arrogant" perception 5
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