Rights of nature, intercultural respect, and climate change

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dc.contributor.authorSteel, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorCripps, Rachel
dc.contributor.authorCrookall, Brynmor
dc.contributor.authorDesRoches, C. Tyler
dc.contributor.authorMintz-Woo, Kian
dc.contributor.funderSocial Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, SSHRC, AWD-021159 SSHRC 2021
dc.date.accessioned2026-03-30T08:50:08Z
dc.date.available2026-03-30T08:50:08Z
dc.date.issued2026-04-01
dc.description.abstractFrom a traditional environmental ethics perspective, rights of nature are linked to debates about nonanthropocentrism because they give legal force to the idea that nature has intrinsic moral value. However, we claim that the emergence of Indigenous-led rights of nature initiatives shows that intercultural respect is also an important aspect of this issue. Supported by an example involving an Indigenous nation in Peru, we explain how intercultural respect encourages greater engagement between Western and Indigenous philosophies. On this basis, we advance an argument that a river can be a living being with interests of its own. We also explain how intercultural respect is helpful for understanding the relationship between rights of nature and climate change. In general, our contention is that rights of nature should be understood in the context of efforts to counteract the disrespect of marginalized groups commonly found in environmental injustices.en
dc.description.sponsorshipThanks to the guest editors and reviewers for their time and constructive feedback. We also wish to acknowledge the IReL consortium of Irish libraries that helped cover the costs to make this article open access. This work was supported by The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) under the SSHRC Insight Grant Program (Award Number: AWD-021159 SSHRC 2021).
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dc.identifier.authororcidSteel, Daniel
dc.identifier.authororcidCripps, Rachel
dc.identifier.authororcidCrookall, Brynmor
dc.identifier.authororcidDesRoches, C. Tyler
dc.identifier.authororcidMintz-Woo, Kian§0000-0002-9216-9561
dc.identifier.citationSteel, D, Cripps, R, Crookall, B, DesRoches, C T & Mintz-Woo, K 2026, 'Rights of nature, intercultural respect, and climate change', Monist, vol. 109, no. 2, pp. 204-219. https://doi.org/10.1093/monist/onag006
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/monist/onag006
dc.identifier.endpage219
dc.identifier.issn0026-9662
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dc.identifier.journaltitleMonist
dc.identifier.startpage204
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/18672
dc.identifier.volume109
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherOxford University Press
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dc.subjectIndigenous-led rights of nature initiatives
dc.subjectIntercultural respect
dc.subjectRights of nature
dc.subject[SocietyPoliticsEthics]
dc.titleRights of nature, intercultural respect, and climate changeen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)
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