Argomenti dell'indispensabilità: l'idea di una cura ambientale

Abstract

Traduit de l'italien par O. IrreraInternational audienceIn her influential article ``What do Women Want in a Moral Theory'', Annette Baier defends care ethics against impartialist moral theories. She argues that impartialists cannot account for the perpetuation of moral values from one generation to the next, without a \emph{loan} to care values. In this light, care values appear as indispensable. We extend the scope of this argument by applying it to environmentalissues. An argument similar to Baier's shows the indispensability ofenvironmentalist values