生物多样性和文化多样性是道德上的价值
Christoph Klebl1, Jolanda Jetten1, Brock Bastian2
1The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
The British journal of social psychology
|November 4, 2024
概括
人们本质上重视生物多样性和文化多样性,赋予它们道德重要性. 这种固有的价值可以被利用来增加公众对保护工作的支持.
科学领域:
- 保护心理学 保护心理学
- 环境道德 环境道德
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 生物多样性和文化多样性的快速下降带来了重大的全球挑战.
- 有效的保护政策取决于强大的公共支持,需要了解公共价值观.
- 之前的研究还没有充分探讨多样性是因自身价值还是因工具原因而受到重视.
研究的目的:
- 调查个人是否通过道德镜头来感知生物多样性和文化多样性丧失.
- 为了确定多样性是否为其自身而受到重视,独立于功利主义或以人类为中心的关注.
- 为了确定驱动对两种类型的多样性担忧的潜在因素.
主要方法:
- 两项研究 (N=796) 评估了对受威胁的生物多样性和文化多样性的道德价值.
- 一项较大的研究 (N=12,000) 检查了对多样性的普遍关注与对生物多样性和文化多样性的具体关注之间的关系.
- 测量了参与者愿意牺牲实体以防止多样性丧失的意愿.
主要成果:
- 个人对生物多样性 (动物,植物) 和文化多样性 (语言) 赋予了重要的道德价值,特别是当多样性受到威胁时.
- 参与者表现出愿意牺牲大量实体以防止多样性丧失.
- 对多样性的普遍关注被确定为评估生物多样性和文化多样性的共同基础因素.
结论:
- 调查结果表明,多样性在本质上和道德上受到重视,而不仅仅是为了工具性利益.
- 强调多样性的固有价值可以是一个强大的策略,以提高公众对保护的参与.
- 了解多样性评估的道德基础对于制定有效的保护政策和公众宣传至关重要.
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