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Empirical Taxonomy Of Environmental Ethical Archetypes

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  • Grimsrud, Kristine M.
  • Wandschneider, Philip R.

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Economists usually assume that the private ethical system of individuals is Utilitarian. However, one finds a much broader range of ethical positions in the environmental ethics literature. Moreover, environmental policy debates seem to elicit alternative ethical systems. It would therefore seem prudent to increase our understanding of the role played by alternative environmental ethical systems. In this study we follow some descriptive ethical studies in examining the empirical ethical position of people based on a broad cross section of the American public. We review some taxonomic literature in environmental ethics and develop a conceptual model of the formation of environmental values. We then use canonical correlation to investigate the existence of environmental values and their relationship to childhood experiences. We find four ethical systems linked to four different "types" of people. One of the ethical systems is decidedly spiritual and one seems rather ill-defined or indifferent towards nature. The other two systems show anthropocentric values, one more conservation minded, one more use minded.

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  • Grimsrud, Kristine M. & Wandschneider, Philip R., 2003. "Empirical Taxonomy Of Environmental Ethical Archetypes," 2003 Annual meeting, July 27-30, Montreal, Canada 22034, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:aaea03:22034
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.22034
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    1. Roosen, Jutta & Hansen, Kristin & Thiele, Silke, 2004. "Food Safety and Risk Perception in a Changing World," 84th Seminar, February 8-11, 2004, Zeist, The Netherlands 25002, European Association of Agricultural Economists.
    2. Roosen, Jutta & Thiele, Silke & Hansen, Kristin, 2005. "Determinants of Food Risk Perceptions – A Multinominal Logit Model," Proceedings “Schriften der Gesellschaft für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften des Landbaues e.V.”, German Association of Agricultural Economists (GEWISOLA), vol. 40, March.

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    Environmental Economics and Policy;

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