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Value in nature and the nature of value

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dc.contributor.authorRolston, Holmes, 1932-, author
dc.contributor.authorCambridge University Press, publisher
dc.coverage.spatialGrand Canyon (Ariz.)
dc.date.accessioned2007-01-03T04:29:31Z
dc.date.available2007-01-03T04:29:31Z
dc.date.issued1994
dc.descriptionInvited conference address at the Royal Society of Philosophy Annual Conference, University of Wales, Cardiff, July 18-21, 1993.
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (pages 31).
dc.description.abstractValue is often thought not to exist in wild nature; it is bestowed on nature by human preferences. This prevailing account is too anthropocentric. In nature, animals value their lives; they too can have their preferences satisfied. Plants have vital needs. Species are historical forms of life defended over generations. Ecosystems are "able to generate value," as occurs with the evolution and ecological support of organisms, animals, and humans. Earth, taken as earth, dirt, seems of little intrinsic value; but Earth, the home planet, is systemically valuable, the ground of all value.
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dc.identifier.bibliographicCitationRolston, Holmes, III, Value in Nature and the Nature of Value, Attfield, Robin and Andrew Belsey, eds., Philosophy and the Natural Environment, 13-31. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1994.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10217/37191
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartofEnvironmental Ethics: Anthologies and Journal Articles
dc.rights©1994 Cambridge University Press.
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dc.subjecthumans
dc.subjectenvironmental ethics
dc.subjectspecies
dc.subjectorganisms
dc.subjectecosystems
dc.subjectenvironmental values
dc.subjectphilosophy of nature
dc.titleValue in nature and the nature of value
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