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 mov

This volume explores questions which emerge from considering the relationship between nature and ethics through philosophical, theological, ethical and environm

What rational justification is there for conceiving of all living things as possessing inherent worth? In Respect for Nature, Paul Taylor draws on biology, mora

Lisa Sideris proposes a new way of thinking about the natural world, an environmental ethic that incorporates the ideas of natural selection and values the proc

A systematic account of values carried by the natural world.