Respect for nature : a theory of environmental ethics /
| Основен автор: | Taylor, Paul W. |
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| Формат: | Книга |
| Език: | English |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
c1986.
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| Серия: |
Studies in moral, political, and legal philosophy.
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Съдържание:
- I: Environmental ethics and human ethics. Introduction ; Moral agents and moral subjects ; Formal conditions for valid moral principles ; Material conditions for valid moral principles: the content of human ethics ; The structural symmetry between human ethics and environmental ethics ; Biology and ethics ; A note on the ethics of the bioculture
- II: The attitude of respect for nature. Introduction ; The concept of the good of a being ; The concept of inherent worth ; Having and expressing the attitude of respect for nature ; Respect for nature as an ultimate attitude
- III: The biocentric outlook on nature. The biocentric outlook and the attitude of respect for nature ; Humans as members of the Earth's community of life ; The natural world as a system of interdependence ; Individual organisms as teleological centers of life ; The denial of human superiority ; The argument for the biocentric outlook
- IV: The ethical system. The basic rules of conduct ; Priority principles ; The basic standards of virtue
- V: Do animals and plants have rights? Legal rights and moral rights ; Analysis of the assertion of moral rights ; The defeasibility of rights ; Is it logically conceivable for animals and/or plants to have moral rights? ; A modified concept of moral rights
- VI: Competing claims and priority principles. The general problem of competing claims ; Human rights and the inherent worth of nonhumans ; Five priority principles for the fair resolution of conflicting claims: a) The principle of self-defense, b) The principle of proportionality, c) The principle of minimum wrong, d) The principle of distributive justice, e) The principle of restitutive justice ; The ethical ideal of harmony between human civilization and nature ; The normative function of the ethical ideal.