عنوان

Reducing Pessimisms Sway in The Environmental Ethics Classroom

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LA129851

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

انگلیسی

Title Proper

Reducing Pessimisms Sway in The Environmental Ethics Classroom

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[Article]

First Statement of Responsibility

James Sheppard

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Leiden

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Brill

Text of Note

"Increased awareness of the breadth and depth of existing environmental challenges is part of an environmental education. One effect of this increased awareness that can manifest itself in the environmental ethics classroom is pessimism. I outline two varieties of pessimism that have a tendency to hold sway in the environmental ethics classroom: 1) pessimism about the general state of the environment; and, 2) pessimism about being able to do anything about the general state of the environment. After outlining a few of the potential educational and vocational consequences of allowing pessimism to take root, I offer a pedagogical method for reducing the sway of pessimism in the classroom. I argue that William James' and John Dewey's writings on the subject of meliorism offer a framework that, when combined with some of the insights of incrementalism theory in environmental policy, can not only help students to reduce the sway of pessimism in the classroom, but also in their chosen career paths by, among other things, highlighting the "possibility of possibility". Increased awareness of the breadth and depth of existing environmental challenges is part of an environmental education. One effect of this increased awareness that can manifest itself in the environmental ethics classroom is pessimism. I outline two varieties of pessimism that have a tendency to hold sway in the environmental ethics classroom: 1) pessimism about the general state of the environment; and, 2) pessimism about being able to do anything about the general state of the environment. After outlining a few of the potential educational and vocational consequences of allowing pessimism to take root, I offer a pedagogical method for reducing the sway of pessimism in the classroom. I argue that William James' and John Dewey's writings on the subject of meliorism offer a framework that, when combined with some of the insights of incrementalism theory in environmental policy, can not only help students to reduce the sway of pessimism in the classroom, but also in their chosen career paths by, among other things, highlighting the "possibility of possibility"."

Date of Publication

2004

Physical description

213-226

Title

Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology

Volume Number

8/2-3

International Standard Serial Number

1568-5357

Subject Term

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

Subject Term

ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS

Subject Term

JOHN DEWEY

Subject Term

MELIORISM

Subject Term

PESSIMISM

Subject Term

WILLIAM JAMES

James Sheppard

Call Number

10.1163/1568535042690826

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[Article]

275578

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