Environmental Ethics of Rock Climbers in the Adirondacks
Keywords:
Anthropocentrism, biocentrism, ecocentrism, environmental ethics & rock climbingAbstract
Environmental ethics in outdoor recreation has only relatively recently
received attention from the research community. An empirical
treatment of this shifting and multi-dimensional construct has proved
challenging. This study attempted to capture the subtle and divergent
qualities of environmental ethics by focusing on a range of foundational
aspects evident in the field, such as degrees of nonanthropocentricism,
zoocentrism versus ecocentrism, and religiously
based obligations towards nature. A sample of rock climbers (N=70)
in the Adirondacks State Park, New York provided the context in
which to understand environmental ethics for this study. Particular attention
was paid to synthetic versus natural methods of introduction
to the sport of rock climbing and different approaches to participation.
An exploratory factor analysis of the data allowed for a new
configuration of environmental ethics to emerge and for distinctions
in ethics across types of climbers to be considered. This ethic gains
strength from a form of environmental pragmatism that seeks to guide
actions through a range of ethical theories and commitments. Finally,
management implications based on these different configurations of
environmental ethics and differences in ethics based on climbing
types are explored.
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