@ARTICLE{Kiełkowicz-Werner_Magdalena_Ralph_2020, author={Kiełkowicz-Werner, Magdalena}, number={No 1}, journal={Przegląd Filozoficzny. Nowa Seria}, pages={193-209}, howpublished={online}, year={2020}, publisher={Komitet Nauk Filozoficznych PAN}, publisher={Wydział Filozofii Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego}, abstract={Environmental ethics draws on the belief that nature is an object of moral worth; i.e. that we have certain moral duties with respect to the natural environment. This article is intended as a defense of this belief. According to the proposal I set forth here, targeting nature as an object of moral worth is grounded on a specific esthetic experience. This conception is based, on the one hand, on Ralph Waldo Emerson’s ideas; on the other hand – it makes use of Roman Ingarden’s concept of esthetic experience.}, type={Artykuły / Articles}, title={Ralph Waldo Emerson on the esthetic roots of the moral status of nature}, URL={http://journals.pan.pl/Content/116193/PDF/2020-01-PFIL-13-Kielkowicz-Werner.pdf}, doi={10.24425/pfns.2020.132978}, keywords={environmental ethics, subject of moral worth, R.W. Emerson, R. Ingarden, esthetic experience}, }