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Environmental Aesthetics and Public Environmental Philosophy

Environmental Aesthetics and Public Environmental Philosophy. Katherine W. Robinson & Kevin C. Elliot Seminar Presentation Taylor Edmund April 11, 2012 Prof. Hettinger. The Lily pond story. Killing the lilies, diminish the clarity of the water, and contaminate a connecting lake

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Environmental Aesthetics and Public Environmental Philosophy

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  1. Environmental Aesthetics and Public Environmental Philosophy • Katherine W. Robinson & Kevin C. Elliot • Seminar Presentation • Taylor Edmund • April 11, 2012 • Prof. Hettinger

  2. The Lily pond story • Killing the lilies, diminish the clarity of the water, and contaminate a connecting lake • Aesthetic considerations are motivational • “Sense of place” • Aesthetic concerns shine light on other issues • Aesthetic considerations should play a role in developing a public environmental philosophy

  3. The purpose • Beauty is an important reason for protecting nature • To make a case for environmental aesthetics • Aesthetic Integrity • Central to people’s sense of place • Written to be motivational instrument

  4. Aesthetic Integrity • Complexity of environmental aesthetics calls for this concept • “a kind of aesthetic principle for strategy and planning” (Brady 2002, 75) • Environmental, ecological, and diachronic integrity • Difficult to evaluate aesthetic integrity, but is often easier to point out detriments to the aesthetic integrity • Examples of threats to aesthetic integrity • Differences in opinions and problems with economics

  5. Importance of Aesthetic Integrity • A fundamental component in public environmental philosophy • Important in our sense of place • People’s attachment and care of a particular place • Aesthetic integrity and its position in “sense of place”

  6. Stedman’s Study (2003) • 3 models of how a landscape may influence the sense of place • Direct Effects Model • Meaning-mediated Model • Experiential Model • The “take-home lesson”

  7. Moral Importance • Problems with developing a public environmental philosophy • Sense of place is not only a motivational aspect, but affects human well-being • AIP Principle • Kant and Mill • degradation is a moral issue • 3 environmental rights in democracy

  8. the Green Diamond case • Economic impacts • What did the citizens do? • The 4 lessons about aesthetic integrity • effectiveness, deliberation, umbrella and objectivity • Useful on a national and global scale

  9. The case cont.. • Use other issues to benefit environmental concerns • 4 significant effects • Generating more interest • Subjectivity of aesthetic judgements

  10. Conclusion • What should philosophers be doing? • Using the frames • Changing the institutions • Social learning • Bettering the importance of aesthetic integrity

  11. Works Cited • Katherine W. Robinson & Kevin C. Elliot (2011): Environmental Aesthetics and Public Environmental Philosophy, Ethics, Policy & Environment, 14:2, 175-191

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