The ethics boundary contains nihilism within nature to protect the human sphere

Evidence

The problem for rational egoism is to keep the prevailing ethical nihilism and instrumentalism which accompany the predominantly egoist liberal account of the self within the boundary of nature as representing the kingdom of means, and to prevent their infecting the more sensitive parts of the human sphere. — Val Plumwood, Feminism and the Mastery of Nature, 538

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to Foucault-style containment analysis and to how a dualistic ethics boundary is policed. — connects to: Denying dependence on nature sustains non-sustainable resource use. — Val Plumwood, Feminism and the Mastery of Nature, 104; Nihilism is value-unmooring, not value-absence, dissolving truth and fake news distinctions — Wendy Brown, In the Ruins of Neoliberalism: The Rise…, 657; Protection by exclusion reflects a worldview that sets humans apart from nature — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom,…, 572 (+2 more)
• QUESTION: Worth chasing how Kant’s person/thing split ratifies rather than resists this containment strategy.

Broader Connections

• Protection by exclusion reflects a worldview that sets humans apart from nature #expands (0.82) — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass, 572
• Nihilism is value-unmooring, not value-absence, dissolving truth and fake news distinctions #expands (0.75) — Wendy Brown, In the Ruins of Neoliberalism, 657
• Respect for nature is an act of individuation, not of boundary-drawing #complicates (0.75) — Val Plumwood, Feminism and the Mastery of Nature, 511