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Plants Species Protection and 'Moral Status' of Plants - an Ethical Inquiry

Katica Knezović orcid id orcid.org/0000-0003-3264-5367 ; The Faculty of Teacher Education of the University of Zagreb, Croatia


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Abstract

Various positions of ecological ethics have been presented towards the protection of plant species and its ecological systems, but in none of those arguments, the plants should be protected because of the individual plant itself. The most anthropocentric or anthroporelational oriented positions represent human interests. Biocentric, physio-centric and holistic positions only treat the plants inclusively. Whether people in their actions behave right or wrong to the plants, and whether the consequences of this behavior are ethically relevant is not the case only in the aspect of of human interests and needs, but because of the plants themselves, depending on what a "moral status" plants have. Their "moral status" has been grounded on the moral standards of the human beings.

Keywords

Plants; moral status; ecological ethics; bioethics

Hrčak ID:

101038

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/101038

Publication date:

9.12.2008.

Article data in other languages: german

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