Forest ethics

Forest ethics is a range from the ethics, more exactly concerns it the applied ethics - which is as such science. Forest ethics is concerned with the questions: There are moral obligations in handling a forest. Who carries the responsibility for the forest and above all whom opposite. To the associated ethical standard identification belong theological, philosophical, economical like forstkundliche, historical like psychosocial beginnings. Further contain the forest ethics economiceconomics questions of the forest work as well as the forest property.

Detection

Within the applied ethics - both theological ethics and philosophical ethics - there are the ranges: Individual ethics, social ethics and range ethics. These ranges can be branched out for example again in: Bio ethics, medicine ethics, sport ethics, culture ethics, restaurant economics. Such represents also the forest ethics.

Characteristic

Particularly at the forest ethics it is that she concerns herself interdisciplinary, explicitly and in detail with ethics for forest people. It is neither pure individual ethics, social ethics or range ethics. It connects these disciplines in the discourse to a social beginning. Here "" understands itself both ecologically as well as economically. The forest ethics avails itself one method-mixes. It is not thus only interdisciplinary, by it ethics and forestry connects, but it is also by connecting entrances within the applied ethics. Forest ethics is thus mental impetus and help both in the range theological ethics and philosophical ethics and forestry and forest science.

Origins of the forest ethics

Beginnings of a forest ethics are already with American forest experts early 20. To recognize century. These developed different behavior regulations (codes of ethics so mentioned) in handling the forest, everything in front GIF Ford Pinchot, the first president of the society of American Scientifically the forest ethics was established 2002 of Guido Hangartner.

Literature

Coat, Kurt (1990): Forest and forest in history. A lehr and a manual: Hanover, publishing house Schaper, ISBN 3-7944-0163-8

Ireland, Lloyd C. (Hg.) (1994): Ethics in Forestry: Haven country, Oregon, Timber press ISBN 0-88192-281-1

Messner Johannes (2001): Culture ethics - with foundation by principle ethics and personality ethics: Vienna, publishing house for history and politics, ISBN 3-7028-0386-6

Hangartner, Adam (Guido H.) OSB (2002): Forest ethics - theological-ethical considerations to forest and forestry - a scientific work within the range of the environmental and social ethics: Munich, Herbert Utz publishing house, ISBN 3-8316-0207-7.