Date of Award
2006
Document Type
Thesis
Publisher
Edith Cowan University
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
School
School of Communications, Health and Science
Faculty
Faculty of Regional Professional Studies
First Supervisor
Dr Pauline Meemeduma
Abstract
Social work's conceptualization as to what it is that entitles an individual or entity to moral consideration, or as having moral status, is thoroughly anthropocentric, and is articulated in complete disregard of the context of our fundamental evolutionary continuity and our embeddedness within an evolving natural world, and flies in the face of the reality that we already inhabit mixed communities and a wider household. It is deemed to be obvious that we are islands of moral value in an otherwise valueless natural world.
Recommended Citation
Ryan, T. D. (2006). Social work, independent realities & the circle of moral considerability: Respect for humans, animals & the natural world. Edith Cowan University. Retrieved from https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/97