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Ten practical advantages of a human rights approach to environmental advocacy

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In order to draw any conclusion about what actions should be done, practical arguments require both a first premise which makes factual claims about the world and a second premise which asserts a value claim. This paper argues that among the second premise value claims available in environmental advocacy, a human rights approach includes distinct advantages that are not as available when relying only on other ethical approaches. The paper describes three practical measures that can be used in environmental human rights work—personal narratives, human rights assessment reports, and citizen-based inquiries and tribunals—and 10 practical advantages of using those and other human rights measures. These include helping to minimize the problem of moral relativism, appeals to compassion and reduction of ethical “slippage,” as well as thinking from the bottom up, access to a rhetorically persuasive vocabulary, and potentially useful legal advantages. Copyright AESS 2013

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  • Tom Kerns, 2013. "Ten practical advantages of a human rights approach to environmental advocacy," Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, Springer;Association of Environmental Studies and Sciences, vol. 3(4), pages 416-420, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:jenvss:v:3:y:2013:i:4:p:416-420
    DOI: 10.1007/s13412-013-0143-y
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