If the environment has intrinsic value it limits our conception of the good as we can’t choose to... more If the environment has intrinsic value it limits our conception of the good as we can’t choose to exploit it for our own ends, as permitted in liberalism. I argue that while the environment has non-anthropocentric intrinsic value it does not pose a threat to Rawlsian liberalism. There are two ways to mitigate the threat. The first is that the intrinsic value of the environment can be incorporated into the original position, but there are serious objections to this strategy. The second way to mitigate the threat is to argue that recognising the intrinsic value of the environment is a choice and therefore itself a conception of the good.
This is a hermeneutic phenomenological investigation into how people experience the identity of b... more This is a hermeneutic phenomenological investigation into how people experience the identity of being a Witch. Witchcraft, often called Wicca, in academia is a mystery tradition and part of the boarder pagan movement. Two participants from the same coven, Dave who had been a witch for over thirty years and Lara who had been a Witch for just under two, took part in a semi structured interview. The interviews In 'Towards an Understanding of Jewish Identity: A Phenomenological study by Michelle L. Friedman, Myrna L. Friedlander and David L. Blustein (2005), semistructured interviews of 10 American Jewish adults were coded into 6 universal themes. These themes were the dynamic nature of self identification, early formative experiences, a desire to increase religious practices, generativity, feeling marginalized and the awareness of discrimination (Friedman et al., 2005). The study discovered that those who were unobservant of religious practice felt embarrassment by their Jewish identity while those who were observant of religion felt a sense of pride (Friedman et al., 2005). All but the most Orthodox participants valued their relationship with Gentiles and felt that the Jewish Identity predominates regardless of the social context. The Friedman et al. (2005) study assumed certain themes and
If the environment has intrinsic value it limits our conception of the good as we can’t choose to... more If the environment has intrinsic value it limits our conception of the good as we can’t choose to exploit it for our own ends, as permitted in liberalism. I argue that while the environment has non-anthropocentric intrinsic value it does not pose a threat to Rawlsian liberalism. There are two ways to mitigate the threat. The first is that the intrinsic value of the environment can be incorporated into the original position, but there are serious objections to this strategy. The second way to mitigate the threat is to argue that recognising the intrinsic value of the environment is a choice and therefore itself a conception of the good.
This is a hermeneutic phenomenological investigation into how people experience the identity of b... more This is a hermeneutic phenomenological investigation into how people experience the identity of being a Witch. Witchcraft, often called Wicca, in academia is a mystery tradition and part of the boarder pagan movement. Two participants from the same coven, Dave who had been a witch for over thirty years and Lara who had been a Witch for just under two, took part in a semi structured interview. The interviews In 'Towards an Understanding of Jewish Identity: A Phenomenological study by Michelle L. Friedman, Myrna L. Friedlander and David L. Blustein (2005), semistructured interviews of 10 American Jewish adults were coded into 6 universal themes. These themes were the dynamic nature of self identification, early formative experiences, a desire to increase religious practices, generativity, feeling marginalized and the awareness of discrimination (Friedman et al., 2005). The study discovered that those who were unobservant of religious practice felt embarrassment by their Jewish identity while those who were observant of religion felt a sense of pride (Friedman et al., 2005). All but the most Orthodox participants valued their relationship with Gentiles and felt that the Jewish Identity predominates regardless of the social context. The Friedman et al. (2005) study assumed certain themes and
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