Hill Flashcards
According to Hill, harms to humans and rights violations are…
good reasons to oppose environment destruction but not the only ones.
Why does Hill believe we should take forests into account in out moral deliberations?
Not because they have rights or are intrinsically valuable.
Hill recommends we address the issue of environmental ethics by turning our attention…
away from the righteousness of actions and toward moral character.
According to Hill, those who destroy natural environments…
often, but not always, lack an accurate view of their place in the universe.
Hill claims that people who lack respect for the environment tend to lack what virtue?
Gratitude
According to Hill, proper humility requires recognition of what?
Of the importance of non-sentient nature.
According to Hill, what does it mean to cherish something?
- To be happy with it in the moment.
- To care for it for its own sake.
- To want the thing to survive/persist.
Hill thinks that his discussion shows that…
anyone who values moral virtue has reason to promote the love of nature.
According to Hill, what is a good reason to not destroy the natural environment?
- Doing so indicates a lack of virtue.
- The natural environment often has aesthetic value.
- The natural environment bears utility for humans.
What does Hill say about anti-environmentalists who think that nature is valuable, but only insofar as it is a means for employment?
They lack the basic human tendency to cherish what enriches our lives.
The target of Hill’s argument is the view that…
nature is a resource to be used at our disposal.
What argument does Hill not think provides reasonable grounds for the value of nature?
Religious doctrine nor the idea of intrinsic value.
What question does Hill primarily pursue in his paper?
What kind of person should I be?
What virtues doe Hill consider?
- Self-acceptance
- Gratitude
- Humility
According to Hill, what defect is often displayed by those who destroy natural environments?
Ignorance
