Anthropocentric Indirect Arguments and Anthropocentric Moral Attitudes

摘要

Anthropocentric indirect arguments (AIAs), which call for specific policies or actions because of human benefits that are correlated with but not caused by benefits to the environment, are gaining increasing traction with those who take a pragmatic approach to environmental protection. I contend that nonanthropocentrists might remain justifiably uneasy about AIAs because such arguments fail to challenge prevailing speciesist moral attitudes. I close by considering whether Elliott can address this concern of nonanthropocentrists by appealing to the ability of AIAs to engender an intrinsic concern for the environment in the people they persuade.