Rolston, Holmes, 1932-, authorCambridge Scholars Press, publisher2007-01-032007-01-032006Rolston, Holmes, III, Intrinsic Values in Nature (Iceland), Sigurjónsdóttir, Ӕsa and Ólafur Páll Jónsson, eds., Art, Ethics and Environment: A Free Inquiry Into the Vulgarly Received Notion of Nature, [1]-11. Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Press, 1996.http://hdl.handle.net/10217/48077Includes bibliographical references (page 11).Anthology from the conference: Nature in the Kingdom of Ends, Selfoss, Iceland, 2005.Although much of the urgency for conserving biodiversity arises from our duties to other humans, with nature instrumental to what humans have at stake in their environments, a deeper environmental ethics recognizes intrinsic values in and duties directly to nature. Such duties arise because values are present at the levels of animals, living organisms, endangered species, and ecosystems as biotic communities. Ultimately and increasingly, we are responsible for and to Earth as planet and biosphere. Only people can be ethical, but this does not mean that only people count in ethics; to the contrary we are fully human only when we appropriately respect life on Earth in all its rich biodiversity.born digitalchapters (layout features)engCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.nature and culturevalue capturebiological identitygood of its kindintrinsic valueintegrityecosystemsEarth ethicText