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Environmental Values 17(2008): 125-144. doi: 10.3197/096327108X303819
ABSTRACT
Holland argues that environmental deliberation should return to classical questions about the nature of the good life, understood as the worthwhile life. Holland's proposal contrasts with the revived hedonist conception of the good life which has been influential on environmentalism. The concept of the worthwhile life needs to be carefully distinguished from those of the happy life and the dutiful life. Holland's account of the worthwhile life captures the narrative dimension of human well-being which is revealed but inadequately addressed by hedonic research. Environmental concerns are better understood from a non-hedonist perspective. An Aristotelian version of this perspective also offers the institutional focus which Holland suggests is required in environmental deliberation.
KEYWORDS
Happiness, welfare, Kahneman, narrative
REFERENCES to other articles in Environmental Values:
Do Meaningful Relationships with Nature Contribute to a Worthwhile Life?Dan Firth
CITATIONS in other Environmental Values articles
Do Meaningful Relationships with Nature Contribute to a Worthwhile Life?Dan Firth
How Much is that Ecosystem in the Window? The One with the Bio-diverse Trail. Clive L. Spash
Goodwill Toward Nature. Christopher Freiman
The Map of Moral Significance: A New Axiological Matrix for Environmental Ethics. Barbara Muraca
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