Further adventures in the case against restoration

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2012

Abstract

Ecological restoration has been a topic for philosophical criticism for three decades. In this essay, I present a discussion of the arguments against ecological restoration and the objections raised against my position. I have two purposes in mind: (1) to defend my views against my critics, and (2) to demonstrate that the debate over restoration reveals fundamental ideas about the meaning of nature, ideas that are necessary for the existence of any substantive environmentalism. I discuss the possibility of positive restorations, the idea that nature can restore itself, the meaning of artifacts, and the significance of the distinction between humanity and nature.

Identifier

84873602827 (Scopus)

Publication Title

Environmental Ethics

External Full Text Location

https://doi.org/10.5840/enviroethics20123416

ISSN

01634275

First Page

67

Last Page

97

Issue

1

Volume

34

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