Prava živog svijeta i etičnost čovjekova djelovanja prema prirodnom svijetu

Poljak, Tijana Trako; Cifrić, Ivan; Bukvić-Letica, Antonija; Tomić, Tea

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“…The higher-order value of Self-transcendence "reflects a broader cognitive representation of self, and measures the degree to which a person includes other people and other living things in their notion of self" (Schultz and Zelezny, 1999: 263), so it is not surprising that its basic values correlate the most with the care for nature. Ecocentrism does imply being able to "transcend oneself", put egoistic and selfish interests aside and show compassion and care for fellow beings (which can be extended to the "co-world", consisting of people, animals, plants and the ecosystem) (for the empirical connection between ecocentrism and the care ethics, see Trako Poljak et al, 2018). The result according to which self-enhancement is no predictor of the care for nature also supports previous findings as the goals that promote own interests regardless of others are very much not in line with the care for nature.…”

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Schwartz’s Human Values and the Care for Nature in Croatia and Five Other Central European Countries Based on ESS Data from Round 4 (2008) and Round 9 (2018)

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Poljak

Ivanović

2021

Rev. sociol. (Online)

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This paper examines the care for nature in Croatia based on the European Social Survey (ESS) data from Round 4 (2008) and Round 9 (2018) over time and cross-nationally, in comparison with five other Central European (CE) countries (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia). We correlate the item about the care for nature with Schwartz’s Human Values Scale (HVS), as adapted for the ESS, to investigate whether values as defined by Schwartz serve as good predictors of the care for nature in selected CE countries. We also look at the correlation with respondents’ socio-demographic characteristics. Our analysis reveals that, while there are similarities regarding environmental attitudes and values among CE countries, there are also some individual differences. Croatia shows the strongest increase in the support for the care for nature over the 10-year period, and both Croatia and Slovenia score the highest on the care for nature in 2018. Poland, Slovakia and Czech Republic show an overall stagnation in the results, while Hungary exhibits a significant decrease between 2008 and 2018. Our research in CE countries confirms that Schwartz’s HVS can be predictive of pro-environmentalism. However, while the findings for the higher-order value of Self-transcendence are in line with existing literature, the result suggesting that Conservatism is also a moderately good predictor of the care for nature is somewhat surprising. We posit that the reason could lie in the difference between collectivist vs. individualist value types, which provides a new dimension for the interpretation of environmental attitudes in these countries.

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