Shame, Moral Motivation, and Climate Change

An emotion like shame is endowed with special motivational force. Drawing on Ralph Waldo Emerson's concept of shame, I develop an account of moral motivation that lends new perspective to the contemporary climate crisis. Whereas religious ethicists often engage the problem of climate change by...

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Main Author: Powell, Russell C. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2019]
In: Worldviews
Year: 2019, Volume: 23, Issue: 3, Pages: 230-253
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Emerson, Ralph Waldo 1803-1882 / Shame / Bartimaeus Cooperative Ministries / Climatic change / Ecological movement / Christian ethics
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
CH Christianity and Society
NCB Personal ethics
NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics
Further subjects:B Climate Change
B Shame
B Ralph Waldo Emerson
B Religious Ethics
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