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Respect for Nature defends a biocentric theory of environmental ethics. Without making claims for the moral rights of plants and animals, Paul Taylor offers a reasoned alternative to the prevailing anthropocentric view, according to which the natural environment and its wild biotic communities are valued only as objects for human use or enjoyment.
A rigorous philosophical approach to the question of ecology and the ethical responses which nature demands of us.
Taylor's environmental ethic is a substantial and significant one which, among other things, requires that there be harmony between human civilisation and living nature.
Ethics
This is a useful book that raises important questions.
Library Journal
Some environmental philosophers stress our duty to prevent environmental deterioration because of our obligations to future generations of human inhabitants of the earth (cf. H. J. McCloskey's Ecological Ethics and Politics , LJ 10/1/82). In this book Taylor stresses our duties toward nature itself. Taylor lays out an intricate but powerful argument according to which all life, including individual plants, have equal inherent worth. Although some attention is paid to practical applications, the book is rigorously philosophical and its appeal will be mainly to philosophers and other scholars. Sidney Gendin, Philosophy Dept., Eastern Michigan Univ., Ypsilanti
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A rigorous philosophical approach to the question of ecology and the ethical responses which nature demands of us.
Editorial Reviews
Australasian Journal of Philosophy
Taylor's environmental ethic is a substantial and significant one which, among other things, requires that there be harmony between human civilisation and living nature.Ethics
This is a useful book that raises important questions.Library Journal
Some environmental philosophers stress our duty to prevent environmental deterioration because of our obligations to future generations of human inhabitants of the earth (cf. H. J. McCloskey's Ecological Ethics and Politics , LJ 10/1/82). In this book Taylor stresses our duties toward nature itself. Taylor lays out an intricate but powerful argument according to which all life, including individual plants, have equal inherent worth. Although some attention is paid to practical applications, the book is rigorously philosophical and its appeal will be mainly to philosophers and other scholars. Sidney Gendin, Philosophy Dept., Eastern Michigan Univ., YpsilantiProduct Details
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