Causal History, Environmental Art, and Biotechnologically Assisted Restoration. Issue 2 (4th May 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Turner, Derek
• Is Part Of: Ethics, policy & environment. Volume 25:Issue 2(2022)
• Page Start: 125
• Page End: 128
• Publication Date: 2022-05-04
• Subjects: De-extinction -- restoration ecology -- environmental art; Environmental ethics -- Periodicals; Environmental policy -- Periodicals; 179.1
• DOI: 10.1080/21550085.2022.2071557
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2155-0085

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Eric Katz's insight about the relationship between causal history and value only generates a principled critique of de-extinction when conjoined with the diminishment claim, or the claim that human involvement in something's causal history diminishes its value. The diminishment claim is a form of negative anthropocentrism. In addition to thinking about de-extinction as a form of ecological restoration, we could think of it as a form of environmental artwork. This reframing highlights the implausibility of the diminishment claim.