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Ethique du care et comportement pro-environnemental

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  • Emmanuel Petit

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The ethics of care is a moral philosophy which proposes an alternative to the dominant moral approach. It offers a behavioral model that challenges the concept of a rational and selfish individual on which standard economics is based. The ethics of care emphasizes the moral sensibilities of individuals and their ability to ?take care? of others. In this paper, we analyze how the theory of care can help us to understand economic pro-environmental behavior. We consider at first the founding moral principles of the ethics of care. We then show that the ethics of care provides the conceptual tools to address environmental issues and that several experimental economics studies reveal the fruitfulness of its analysis. Finally, we consider the thorny issue of ?caring at a distance? regarding global environmental issues.

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  • Emmanuel Petit, 2014. "Ethique du care et comportement pro-environnemental," Revue d'économie politique, Dalloz, vol. 124(2), pages 243-267.
    • Handle: RePEc:cai:repdal:redp_242_0243
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    1. Vicente Moreno-Casas & Philipp Bagus, 2021. "The ethics of care and the tragedy of the commons," International Review of Economics, Springer;Happiness Economics and Interpersonal Relations (HEIRS), vol. 68(4), pages 405-422, December.
    2. Jérôme Ballet & Emmanuel Petit & Delphine Pouchain, 2018. "What mainstream economics should learn from the ethics of care," Post-Print hal-02145302, HAL.
    3. Julien Vastenaekels, 2020. "Vers une sécurité sociale pour l’alimentation durable ?," ULB Institutional Repository 2013/314908, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.

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