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Respect for nature : a theory of environmental ethics
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- Creator
- Paul W. Taylor
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [1986]
- ©1986
- Physical Details
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- ix, 329 pages ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 0691077096, 9780691077093, 069102250X, 9780691022505
- OCLC
- ocm13124739
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: pages 315-323.
- I: Environmental ethics and human ethics. Introduction ; Moral agents and moral subjects ; Formal conditions for valid moral principles ; Material conditions for valid moral principles: the content of human ethics ; The structural symmetry between human ethics and environmental ethics ; Biology and ethics ; A note on the ethics of the bioculture -- II: The attitude of respect for nature. Introduction ; The concept of the good of a being ; The concept of inherent worth ; Having and expressing the attitude of respect for nature ; Respect for nature as an ultimate attitude -- III: The biocentric outlook on nature. The biocentric outlook and the attitude of respect for nature ; Humans as members of the Earth's community of life ; The natural world as a system of interdependence ; Individual organisms as teleological centers of life ; The denial of human superiority ; The argument for the biocentric outlook -- IV: The ethical system. The basic rules of conduct ; Priority principles ; The basic standards of virtue -- V: Do animals and plants have rights? Legal rights and moral rights ; Analysis of the assertion of moral rights ; The defeasibility of rights ; Is it logically conceivable for animals and/or plants to have moral rights? ; A modified concept of moral rights -- VI: Competing claims and priority principles. The general problem of competing claims ; Human rights and the inherent worth of nonhumans ; Five priority principles for the fair resolution of conflicting claims: a) The principle of self-defense, b) The principle of proportionality, c) The principle of minimum wrong, d) The principle of distributive justice, e) The principle of restitutive justice ; The ethical ideal of harmony between human civilization and nature ; The normative function of the ethical ideal