Department or Program
Environmental Studies
Second Department or Program
Philosophy
Abstract
This paper explores Karen Warren's formulation of an Ecofeminist argument, and aims to restructure it in a way that does not equate the impacts of domination on women with the impacts of domination on the natural world. With supplemental elements of Aldo Leopold's "Land Ethic" arguments, I hope to provide a reformulation of Warren's argument in which the dominator is still committed to dismantling these twin dominations. I posit that this commitment may be derived from the harm the process of dominating inflicts on the dominator's perfectionist value and prudential value, an element which remains consistent in both dominations and indeed may move the dominator to action.
Level of Access
Open Access
First Advisor
Paul Schofield
Date of Graduation
5-2018
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Recommended Citation
O'Shea, Eileen A., "Distinguishing Harms to Derive Commitments: Karen Warren and Aldo Leopold on Ecofeminism and Domination" (2018). Standard Theses. 166.
https://scarab.bates.edu/envr_studies_theses/166
Number of Pages
68
Open Access
Available to all.