The ethics of plant flourishing and agricultural ethics: Theoretical distinctions and concrete recommendations in light of the environmental crisis

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Abstract

Many activities towards plants are directly related to environmental crisis issues. However, our actions towards plants are little theorized in philosophy and ethics. After a brief presentation of the history, state of the art, and current issues of plant ethics, I critically illustrate how the theoretical threads of current ethics should be clarified, and, more importantly, contextualised, to promote the application of concrete measures. Particular attention is paid to the ethics of plant flourishing as applied to different fields and types of plants. The treatment of wild and ornamental plants is, thus, explicitly distinguished from that of improved agricultural varieties, themselves distinguishable according to modes of cultivation. I thus propose and discuss several recommendations and concrete courses of action to promote an ethics of plants, while pointing out its limitations.

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Hiernaux, Q. (2021). The ethics of plant flourishing and agricultural ethics: Theoretical distinctions and concrete recommendations in light of the environmental crisis. Philosophies, 6(4). https://doi.org/10.3390/philosophies6040091

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