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Respect for nature : a theory of environmental ethics

Taylor, Paul W. (Author). Jamieson, Dale. (Added Author).

Summary: What rational justification is there for conceiving of all living things as possessing inherent worth? In Respect for Nature, Paul Taylor draws on biology, moral philosophy, and environmental science to defend a biocentric environmental ethic in which all life has value. Without making claims for the moral rights of plants and animals, he offers a reasoned alternative to the prevailing anthropocentric view--that the natural environment and its wildlife are valued only as objects for human use or enjoyment. Respect for Nature provides both a full account of the biological conditions for life--human or otherwise--and a comprehensive view of the complex relationship between human beings and the whole of nature.

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ISBN: 9780691150246
ISBN: 0691150249
ISBN: 9781400838530
ISBN: 1400838533
Physical Description: 1 online resource (329 pages)
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Edition: 25th anniversary ed.
Publisher: Prinston, N.J. : Princeton Univ Pr, �2011.

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General Note:	CatMonthString:september.21 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-323) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Machine generated contents note: One. Environmental Ethics and Human Ethics -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Moral Agents and Moral Subjects -- 3. Formal Conditions for Valid Moral Principles -- 4. Material Conditions for Valid Moral Principles: The Content of Human Ethics -- 5. Structural Symmetry between Human Ethics and Environmental Ethics -- 6. Biology and Ethics -- 7. Note on the Ethics of the Bioculture -- Two. Attitude of Respect for Nature -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Concept of the Good of a Being -- 3. Concept of Inherent Worth -- 4. Having and Expressing the Attitude of Respect for Nature -- 5. Respect for Nature as an Ultimate Attitude -- Three. Biocentric Outlook on Nature -- 1. Biocentric Outlook and the Attitude of Respect for Nature -- 2. Humans as Members of the Earth's Community of Life -- 3. Natural World as a System of Interdependence -- 4. Individual Organisms as Teleological Centers of Life -- 5. Denial of Human Superiority -- 6. Argument for the Biocentric Outlook -- Four. Ethical System -- 1. Basic Rules of Conduct -- 2. Priority Principles -- 3. Basic Standards of Virtue -- Five. Do Animals and Plants Have Rights? -- 1. Legal Rights and Moral Rights -- 2. Analysis of the Assertion of Moral Rights -- 3. Defeasibility of Rights -- 4. Is It Logically Conceivable for Animals and/or Plants to Have Moral Rights? -- 5. Modified Concept of Moral Rights -- Six. Competing Claims and Priority Principles -- 1. General Problem of Competing Claims -- 2. Human Rights and the Inherent Worth of Nonhumans -- 3. Five Priority Principles for the Fair Resolution of Conflicting Claims -- a. Principle of Self-Defense -- b. Principle of Proportionality -- c. Principle of Minimum Wrong -- d. Principle of Distributive Justice -- e. Principle of Restitutive Justice -- 4. Ethical Ideal of Harmony between Human Civilization and Nature -- 5. Normative Function of the Ethical Ideal.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
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