Discursive ethics in ecosystems valuation and environmental policy

O’Hara, Sabine

doi:10.1016/0921-8009(95)00085-2

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“…In ecological economics there have been calls for discursive ethics (O'Hara, 1996), and for approaches paying attention to participation, value pluralism and value articulating institutions (Lo and Spash, 2013;Vatn, 2005). In summary, my point in designating a group of work as new environmental pragmatism is to separate out the approach taken by those ecological economists concerned primarily with political impact regardless of the means by which this might be achieved.…”

Section: Ideological Positionsmentioning

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The shallow or the deep ecological economics movement?

Spash

2013

Ecological Economics

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Ecological economics and its policy recommendations have become overwhelmed by economic valuation, shadow pricing, sustainability measures, and squeezing Nature into the commodity boxes of goods, services and capital in order to make it part of mainstream economic, financial and banking discourses. There are deeper concerns which touch upon the understanding of humanity in its various social, psychological, political and ethical facets.The relationship with Nature proposed by the ecological economics movement has the potential to be far reaching. However, this is not the picture portrayed by surveying the amassed body of articles from this journal or by many of those claiming affiliation. A shallow movement, allied to a business as usual politics and economy, has become dominant and imposes its preoccupation with mainstream economic concepts and values. If, instead, ecological economists choose a path deep into the world of interdisciplinary endeavour they will need to be prepared to transform themselves and society. The implications go far beyond the pragmatic use of magic numbers to convince politicians and the public that ecology still has something relevant to say in the 21 st Century.

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Section: Ideological Positionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The shallow or the deep ecological economics movement?

Spash

2013

Ecological Economics

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“…Through the deliberative process, the search for collective interests or the common good takes precedence over individual interests. These studies, and others (O'Hara, 1996;Meppem and Bourke, 1999;Howarth and Wilson, 2006;Spash, 2008;Dietz et al, 2009;Vatn, 2009;Lo, 2013), pay particular attention to discursive exchanges between the parties involved in deliberation, since group deliberation cannot be understood without analyzing the language through which it occurs. Thus, they highlight the usefulness of Habermas" (1981) theory of communicative action for understanding how the mechanism of discussion may facilitate the actors" adoption of a moral stance.…”

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Legitimizing farmers' new knowledge, learning and practices through communicative action: Application of an agro-environmental policy

Corso

Képhaliacos

Plumecocq

2015

Ecological Economics

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International audienceThis article examines the role of communication in the process that guides economic actors to integrate the moral obligations implied by adopting sustainability principles in their action choices and to reexamine their practices. We analyze two approaches to implementing agro-environmental measures that encourage farmers to preserve water resources. Verbal interactions between farmers and agricultural advisors, who are part of these policy programs, are analyzed drawing on Jürgen Habermas's theory of communicative action. The discourse analysis used here shows that communicative action encouraged participants to reexamine the validity of the technical, experiential, and normative knowledge that legitimized their reasons for acting. This study brings to light the fact that, in the context of a business primarily oriented towards making a profit, committing to sustainable development does not only operate in technical terms; such a commitment also requires collective validation of the effectiveness of alternative farming practices

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“…En otras palabras, argumentos que apelan al interés particular tienen un menor chance de sobrevivir el proceso deliberativo. En sentido similar, las teorías que invocan la racionalidad comunicativa de Habermas (1984) indican que la acción colectiva que emana de la deliberación está soportada en razones que no están viciadas por motivaciones estratégicas (O'Hara 1996, Ward 1999, Lo 2013.…”

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Valoración Monetaria Deliberativa: Preferencias Y Participación

Vargas¹

2016

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ResumenEn el campo de la valoración y decisión ambiental hay un interés creciente por el uso de métodos deliberativos.Con la deliberación se espera que las decisiones colectivas sean informadas por preferencias que tienen unamayor orientación al bien común, al tiempo que estas dichas decisiones se invisten de la legitimidad que ofrece lamayor participación ciudadana. Utilizando datos de un ejercicio de valoración monetaria deliberativa, VMD,realizado en Colombia se examina: (i) la influencia de la deliberación sobre las preferencias, y (ii) la relación entrelas condiciones socio-económicas de los individuos y su participación en deliberación. La evidencia presentadasugiere que: i) la deliberación produce preferencias que reflejan una mayor preocupación social, y ii) lasdesigualdades de estatus y educación están asociadas con mayores niveles de participación en deliberación. Losresultados sugieren que si bien los procesos deliberativos tienen la capacidad de transformar las preferencias eincorporar otros aspectos (ej. equidad) en la toma de decisiones, también pueden generar fenómenos de exclusiónsi da mayor influencia a un grupo privilegiado de participantes.Palabras claves: Democracia deliberativa, Legitimidad, Disponibilidad a pagar, Bosque seco tropical.

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Discursive ethics in ecosystems valuation and environmental policy

Cited by 106 publications

References 11 publications

The shallow or the deep ecological economics movement?

The shallow or the deep ecological economics movement?

Legitimizing farmers' new knowledge, learning and practices through communicative action: Application of an agro-environmental policy

Valoración Monetaria Deliberativa: Preferencias Y Participación

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