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Author Krebs, Angelika, 1961-

Title Ethics of nature : a map / Angelika Krebs ; with a foreword by Bernard Williams.

Publication Info. Berlin ; New York : W. de Gruyter, 1999.

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 162 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Perspectives in analytical philosophy = Perspektiven der analytischen Philosophie ; Bd. 22
Perspectives in analytical philosophy ; Bd. 22.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-156) and index.
Contents Guest Foreword / Bernard Williams -- Synopsis of Argument -- Why an Ethics of Nature? -- Philosophical Discipline of the Ethics of Nature -- Objective of This Study -- Basic Concepts -- Nature -- A Definition of "Nature" for Environmental Ethics -- Oikos, Cosmos, and the Human Body -- Conservation versus Cultivation of Nature -- Ethics -- Object of Ethics and the Distinction between Intrinsic and Instrumental Value -- Good Human Life and Right Human Life -- Good Human Life -- Core -- Basic Options -- Luxury -- Well-Being and the Agency Aspect of Good Human Life -- Hedonistic Challenge -- Three Forms of Pleasure -- An Answer to the Hedonistic Challenge -- Objection to Paternalism -- Moral Concern and Self-Interest -- Hermeneutics and the Justification of Moral Culture -- Anthropocentrism versus Physiocentrism -- Boundaries of the Moral Universe -- "Extensional Anthropocentrism" versus "Extensional Physiocentrism" -- Absolute Strategy in the Ethics of Nature -- "Epistemic Anthropocentrism" versus "Epistemic Physiocentrism" -- Seven Anthropocentric Arguments for the Value of Nature -- Basic Needs Argument -- Classical Thoughts -- Argument -- Lost Peace with Nature? The Need for Environmental History -- Some Reasons Why the Basic Needs Argument Is Not as Effective as You Might Expect -- Two Versions of the Basic Needs Argument which Incorporate Intrinsic Value Claims for Nature -- "Nature Knows Best" -- Motivational Version -- Aisthesis Argument -- Literary Thoughts -- Argument.
Summary Is nature's value only instrumental value for human beings or does nature also have intrinsic value? Can traditional anthropocentrism be defended or must we move to a new, physiocentric moral position? This study develops a critical taxonomy or "map" of thirteen arguments for the conservation of nature. It defends the moral intrinsic value of sentient animals, but not of nonsentient nature. The arguments are phrased in a simple, plastic, and concise language.
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Subject Philosophy of nature.
Philosophy of nature.
Environmental ethics.
Environmental ethics.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Krebs, Angelika, 1961- Ethics of nature. Berlin ; New York : W. de Gruyter, 1999 3110158299 (DLC) 99024068 (OCoLC)40964906
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