Nature Ethics

Download or read book Ethics of Nature written by Angelika Krebs and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 1999 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.