Open AccessCan there be an input from philosophical debates on a better use of nature? Towards an improvement of nature rights in environmental economics
Author(s) -
ErnstAugust Nuppenau
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
estudios de filosofía/estudios de filosofia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2256-358X
pISSN - 0121-3628
DOI - 10.17533/udea.ef.345881
Subject(s) - environmental ethics , process (computing) , animal rights , order (exchange) , narrative , sociology , law and economics , rights of nature , epistemology , environmentalism , human rights , political science , fundamental rights , politics , computer science , law , economics , philosophy , right to property , linguistics , finance , operating system
This contribution will deal with granting rights to nature. We will define nature rights as a social process of creating institutions which are linked to philosophical discourses on nature perceptions. The idea is to use different narratives in order to understand how nature rights have and can be accomplished/derived by humans. Then we will give hints for future directions of right detection embedded in eco-systems. We will specifically focus on right derivation needed for contracting with nature. We take beaver, wolf and black tern as examples and generalize on case specific findings. All of them need habitats and landscapes in which they can live. The message is that landscapes and habitats are part of nature rights and that they must be also addressed, not only nature rights for individual species. Additionally, we will use different strains of thought to get hints on practical nature rights establishment.