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Why Care for Nature? : In Search of an Ethical Framework for Environmental Responsibility and Education /

By: Postma, Dirk Willem [author.].
Contributor(s): SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: The International Library of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Ethics: 9Publisher: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.Description: X, 221 p. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781402050039.Subject(s): Philosophy | Ethics | Philosophy and social sciences | Political philosophy | Educational policy | ducation and state | Environment | Philosophy | Ethics | Philosophy of Education | Environment, general | Political Philosophy | Educational Policy and PoliticsDDC classification: 170 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Because we are citizens -- Because we are human -- Because we educate citizens caring for nature.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: What is it that inspires us humans tot take responsibility for our involvement with the natural environment? And how do we familiarise children with practices of environmental responsibility? These questions are at the heart of this book, resulting from a comprehensive inquiry into the ethical and politico-philosophical dimensions of environmental education. Two sources of inspiration and responsibility are discussed in particular. First, as citizens of a civil society, inspiration stems from our commitment to the continuation of the collective practices in which we are already engaged. Second, inspiration emerges from our sensual-aesthetic acquaintanceship with the natural surroundings in the course of our everyday activities. This study concludes that there is insufficient room for these sources of inspiration and responsibility within the prevailing framework of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). An alternative view on the nature and purpose of environmental education is put forward in light of these shortcomings. This view aims to retrieve an existential human sense of care for our natural environment, beyond the narrowly defined appeals made on behalf of future generations, as well as beyond the romantic appeals made on behalf of the intrinsic sovereignty of nature.
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Because we are citizens -- Because we are human -- Because we educate citizens caring for nature.

What is it that inspires us humans tot take responsibility for our involvement with the natural environment? And how do we familiarise children with practices of environmental responsibility? These questions are at the heart of this book, resulting from a comprehensive inquiry into the ethical and politico-philosophical dimensions of environmental education. Two sources of inspiration and responsibility are discussed in particular. First, as citizens of a civil society, inspiration stems from our commitment to the continuation of the collective practices in which we are already engaged. Second, inspiration emerges from our sensual-aesthetic acquaintanceship with the natural surroundings in the course of our everyday activities. This study concludes that there is insufficient room for these sources of inspiration and responsibility within the prevailing framework of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). An alternative view on the nature and purpose of environmental education is put forward in light of these shortcomings. This view aims to retrieve an existential human sense of care for our natural environment, beyond the narrowly defined appeals made on behalf of future generations, as well as beyond the romantic appeals made on behalf of the intrinsic sovereignty of nature.

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