Respect for Nature

A Theory of Environmental Ethics - 25th Anniversary Edition

By: Paul W. Taylor

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Paperback | 11 July 2011 | Edition Number 25

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What rational justification is there for conceiving of all living things as possessing inherent worth? In Respect for Nature, Paul Taylor draws on biology, moral philosophy, and environmental science to defend a biocentric environmental ethic in which all life has value. Without making claims for the moral rights of plants and animals, he offers a reasoned alternative to the prevailing anthropocentric view--that the natural environment and its wildlife are valued only as objects for human use or enjoyment. Respect for Nature provides both a full account of the biological conditions for life--human or otherwise--and a comprehensive view of the complex relationship between human beings and the whole of nature.

This classic book remains a valuable resource for philosophers, biologists, and environmentalists alike--along with all those who care about the future of life on Earth. A new foreword by Dale Jamieson looks at how the original 1986 edition of Respect for Nature has shaped the study of environmental ethics, and shows why the work remains relevant to debates today.

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From the previous edition: "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. -- Australasian Journal of Philosophy From the previous edition: "This is a useful book that raises important questions. -- Ethics

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Foreword to the 25th Anniversary Edition	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. Xiii
Environmental Ethics and Human Ethics	p. 3
Introduction	p. 3
Moral Agents and Moral Subjects	p. 14
Formal Conditions for Valid Moral Principles	p. 25
Material Conditions for Valid Moral Principles: The Content of Human Ethics	p. 33
The Structural Symmetry between Human Ethics and Environmental Ethics	p. 41
Biology and Ethics	p. 47
A Note on the Ethics of the Bioculture	p. 53
The Attitude of Respect for Nature	p. 59
Introduction	p. 59
The Concept of the Good of a Being	p. 60
The Concept of Inherent Worth	p. 71
Having and Expressing the Attitude of Respect for Nature	p. 80
Respect for Nature as an Ultimate Attitude	p. 90
The Biocentric Outlook on Nature	p. 99
The Biocentric Outlook and the Attitude of Respect for Nature	p. 99
Humans as Members of the Earth's Community of Life	p. 101
The Natural World as a System of Interdependence	p. 116
Individual Organisms as Teleological Centers of Life	p. 119
The Denial of Human Superiority	p. 129
The Argument for the Biocentric Outlook	p. 156
The Ethical System	p. 169
The Basic Rules of Conduct	p. 169
Priority Principles	p. 192
The Basic Standards of Virtue	p. 198
Do Animals and Plants Have Rights?	p. 219
Legal Rights and Moral Rights	p. 219
Analysis of the Assertion of Moral Rights	p. 226
The Defeasibility of Rights	p. 241
Is If Logically Conceivable for Animals and/or Plants to Have Moral Rights?	p. 245
A Modified Concept of Moral Rights	p. 251
Competing Claims and Priority Principles	p. 256
The General Problem of Competing Claims	p. 256
Human Rights and the Inherent Worth of Nonhumans	p. 260
Five Priority Principles for the Fair Resolution of Conflicting Claims	p. 263
The Principle of Self-Defense	p. 264
The Principle of Proportionality	p. 269
The Principle of Minimum Wrong	p. 280
The Principle of Distributive Justice	p. 291
The Principle of Restitutive Justice	p. 304
The Ethical Ideal of Harmony between Human Civilization and Nature	p. 307
The Normative Function of the Ethical Ideal	p. 310
Bibliography	p. 315
Index	p. 325
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