Abstract
The chief topic of the article is the attempt to reconcile the intuition of ecological ethics with the principles of consequentialism, and in particular of utilitarianism, that has been undertaken by philosophers who broaden the traditionally accepted extension of the “subject of the good” (i.e. beings for whom something can be good or bad), expanding it to include all living things. The article attempts to show that this ecological reform of consequentialism cannot simply be a development of it, but has to be accompanied by an essential modification of its very foundations; such a modification in practice leads to a form of Kantianism. Several possible objections to such a reform are formulated.
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