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024 7 _a10.1163/9789004495104
_2DOI
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100 1 _aVilkka, Leena,
_eauthor.
245 1 4 _aThe Intrinsic Value of Nature /
_cLeena Vilkka.
264 1 _aLeiden;
_aBoston :
_bBRILL,
_c1997.
300 _a1 online resource.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aValue Inquiry Book Series ;
_v59
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aPART I: ON BASIC CONCEPTS -- ONE What Is Intrinsic Value? TWO Goodness in Nature -- THREE The Forms of Intrinsic Value -- PART II: NATURE CONCERNS -- FOUR Zoocentrism -- FIVE Biocentrism -- SIX Ecocentrism -- PART III: THREE BASIC ISSUES -- SEVEN The Origin of Value -- EIGHT Anthropocentrism and the Problem of Priorities -- NINE The Rights of Animals and Nature -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- About the Author -- Index.
520 _aWhat is intrinsic value? What is the origin of value? Are people always superior to nature? This book is a philosophical analysis of the human relationship to the non-human world. It is a pioneering study of the philosophy of nature-conservation in relation to the discussion of intrinsic value. Vilkka develops a naturalistic or naturocentric theory of value that is based on ethical extensionism and pluralism. Vilkka analyzes natural values and environmental attitudes: zoocentrism, biocentrism, and ecocentrism. This book forms a taxonomy for nature having intrinsic value. The theory of intrinsic value is based on naturocentric and naturogenic values. The book questions the thesis of weak anthropocentrism that denies the existence of naturogenic values. In Vilkka's theory, animals and nature are the origin of value. She defends the existence of zoogenic and biogenic values in the non-human world and discusses the possibility of ecogenic value, nature as a whole having value independent of human or animal minds. Vilkka analyzes the goodness and rights of nature, the problem of priorities, and ecological humanism. A naturocentric recommendation is that the well-being of animals and nature should have priority over human values at least in some real decision contexts. Ecological humanism recommends an attitude of respect for people, animals, and nature. The book includes an extensive glossary, index, and bibliography.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 _aPhilosophy of nature.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_tThe Intrinsic Value of Nature.
_dLeiden ; Boston : BRILL, 1997
_z9789042003255
830 0 _aValue Inquiry Book Series ;
_v59.
856 4 _zDOI:
_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004495104
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