Is Shame Morally Relevant to Ecological Ethics?

In recent years, we have seen a resurgence of the topic of shame in philosophy and moral philosophy. The paper analyses shame as a moral emotion in contemporary moral-philosophical and environmental discourse. Questions are articulated, in which different contexts shame has already been studied and...

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Main Author: Andrea Klimková
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Uniwersytet Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Warszawie 2023-05-01
Series:Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae
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Online Access:https://czasopisma.uksw.edu.pl/index.php/seb/article/view/10812
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description In recent years, we have seen a resurgence of the topic of shame in philosophy and moral philosophy. The paper analyses shame as a moral emotion in contemporary moral-philosophical and environmental discourse. Questions are articulated, in which different contexts shame has already been studied and which of them appear to be crucial for ethics and applied ethics? In the article, the author addresses the concept of environmental shame by Sarah E. Fredericks (2021) and considers the questions: is/can shame be ethically relevant for the cultivation of our attitudes in relation to the environment? Is Shame morally relevant to Ecological Ethics? Can the experience of shame affect our moral judgement, decision-making and action regarding the man-nature relationship? Despite the differences in the understanding of shame as a self-conscious emotion or as a social emotion, in the paper the author argues that environmental shame can have an important preventive function as well as a transformative power for the cultivation of our moral beliefs and attitudes.
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spelling doaj-art-50ac40ec46d948dcaf94ee91613819002025-02-03T06:33:11ZengUniwersytet Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w WarszawieStudia Ecologiae et Bioethicae1733-12182719-826X2023-05-0121210.21697/seb.2023.15Is Shame Morally Relevant to Ecological Ethics?Andrea Klimková0Matej Bel University, Banská Bystrica, In recent years, we have seen a resurgence of the topic of shame in philosophy and moral philosophy. The paper analyses shame as a moral emotion in contemporary moral-philosophical and environmental discourse. Questions are articulated, in which different contexts shame has already been studied and which of them appear to be crucial for ethics and applied ethics? In the article, the author addresses the concept of environmental shame by Sarah E. Fredericks (2021) and considers the questions: is/can shame be ethically relevant for the cultivation of our attitudes in relation to the environment? Is Shame morally relevant to Ecological Ethics? Can the experience of shame affect our moral judgement, decision-making and action regarding the man-nature relationship? Despite the differences in the understanding of shame as a self-conscious emotion or as a social emotion, in the paper the author argues that environmental shame can have an important preventive function as well as a transformative power for the cultivation of our moral beliefs and attitudes. https://czasopisma.uksw.edu.pl/index.php/seb/article/view/10812ethicsecological ethicsshamemoral emotionsenvironmental ethics
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Is Shame Morally Relevant to Ecological Ethics?
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ethics
ecological ethics
shame
moral emotions
environmental ethics
title Is Shame Morally Relevant to Ecological Ethics?
title_full Is Shame Morally Relevant to Ecological Ethics?
title_fullStr Is Shame Morally Relevant to Ecological Ethics?
title_full_unstemmed Is Shame Morally Relevant to Ecological Ethics?
title_short Is Shame Morally Relevant to Ecological Ethics?
title_sort is shame morally relevant to ecological ethics
topic ethics
ecological ethics
shame
moral emotions
environmental ethics
url https://czasopisma.uksw.edu.pl/index.php/seb/article/view/10812
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