ABSTRACT

It seems intuitive that human development and environmental protection should go hand in hand. But some have worried there is no framework within environmental ethics that suitably conjoins them. In this paper I suggest we approach this challenge by rethinking a very old idea, external goods. I argue that we can see the basis for the required framework if we recognize the normative significance of our natural environment in the same way Aristotle thought we needed to recognize the normative significance of our social environment. This suggests a promising means of balancing human development and environmental protection.

中文翻译：

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繁荣的环境成分：重新思考外部商品和提供它们的生态系统

摘要

人类发展与环境保护应该齐头并进，这似乎很直观。但有些人担心环境伦理中没有适当的框架将它们结合起来。在本文中，我建议我们通过重新思考一个非常古老的想法，即外部商品来应对这一挑战。我认为，如果我们承认自然环境的规范意义，就像亚里士多德认为我们需要承认社会环境的规范意义一样，我们就能看到所需框架的基础。这表明了一种平衡人类发展和环境保护的有希望的方法。