Intrinsic Value
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The Intrinsic Value Of Nature
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Author : Leena Vilkka
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2021-11-15
The Intrinsic Value Of Nature written by Leena Vilkka and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-15 with Science categories.
What is intrinsic value? What is the origin of value? Are people always superior to nature? This book is a philosophical analysis of the human relationship to the non-human world. It is a pioneering study of the philosophy of nature-conservation in relation to the discussion of intrinsic value. Vilkka develops a naturalistic or naturocentric theory of value that is based on ethical extensionism and pluralism. Vilkka analyzes natural values and environmental attitudes: zoocentrism, biocentrism, and ecocentrism. This book forms a taxonomy for nature having intrinsic value. The theory of intrinsic value is based on naturocentric and naturogenic values. The book questions the thesis of weak anthropocentrism that denies the existence of naturogenic values. In Vilkka's theory, animals and nature are the origin of value. She defends the existence of zoogenic and biogenic values in the non-human world and discusses the possibility of ecogenic value, nature as a whole having value independent of human or animal minds. Vilkka analyzes the goodness and rights of nature, the problem of priorities, and ecological humanism. A naturocentric recommendation is that the well-being of animals and nature should have priority over human values at least in some real decision contexts. Ecological humanism recommends an attitude of respect for people, animals, and nature. The book includes an extensive glossary, index, and bibliography.
The Nature Of Intrinsic Value
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Author : Michael J. Zimmerman
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Release Date : 2001-08-21
The Nature Of Intrinsic Value written by Michael J. Zimmerman and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-08-21 with Philosophy categories.
At the heart of ethics reside the concepts of good and bad; they are at work when we assess whether a person is virtuous or vicious, an act right or wrong, a decision defensible or indefensible, a goal desirable or undesirable. But there are many varieties of goodness and badness. At their core lie intrinsic goodness and badness, the sort of value that something has for its own sake. It is in virtue of intrinsic value that other types of value may be understood, and hence that we can begin to come to terms with questions of virtue and vice, right and wrong, and so on. This book investigates the nature of intrinsic value: just what it is for something to be valuable for its own sake, just what sort of thing can have such value, just how such a value is to be computed. In the final chapter, the fruits of this investigation are applied to a discussion of pleasure, pain, and displeasure and also of moral virtue and vice, in order to determine just what value lies within these phenomena.
Recent Work On Intrinsic Value
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Author : Toni Rønnow-Rasmussen
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2006-02-15
Recent Work On Intrinsic Value written by Toni Rønnow-Rasmussen and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-02-15 with Philosophy categories.
Recent Work on Intrinsic Value brings together for the first time many of the most important and influential writings on the topic of intrinsic value to have appeared in the last half-century. During this period, inquiry into the nature of intrinsic value has intensified to such an extent that at the moment it is one of the hottest topics in the field of theoretical ethics. The contributions to this volume have been selected in such a way that all of the fundamental questions concerning the nature of intrinsic value are treated in depth and from a variety of viewpoints. These questions include how to understand the concept of intrinsic value, what sorts of things can have intrinsic value, and how to compute intrinsic value. The editors have added an introduction that ties these questions together and places the contributions in context, and they have also provided an extensive bibliography. The result is a comprehensive, balanced, and detailed picture of current thinking about intrinsic value, one that provides an indispensable backdrop against which future writings on the topic may be assessed.
On The Intrinsic Value Of Everything
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Author : Scott A. Davison
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2012-01-26
On The Intrinsic Value Of Everything written by Scott A. Davison and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-26 with Philosophy categories.
An innovative and concise exploration of the foundations of ethics.
Why Care For Nature
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Author : Dirk Willem Postma
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2006-10-31
Why Care For Nature written by Dirk Willem Postma and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-10-31 with Philosophy categories.
Don’t you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? 1 George Orwell This book has been written in a time of environmental neglect. A time in which the expansive needs of multinational corporations, western consumer interests and the politically celebrated ideals of economic growth and technological progress appear to override any consideration for preserving natural beauty as well as consideration for those unable to speak and negotiate on their own behalf: third world citizens, future generations, animals, plants and landscapes. This neglect is evident in the withdrawal of national governments from the requirements of international agr- ments on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions (Kyoto treaty), it is manifest in the organised inability and unwillingness to establish more equal trade relations between rich and poor countries as well as in the lack of political commitment to p- tect extraordinary sites of natural beauty from economic exploitation (Alaska, the Amazon rainforests, the Dutch Wadden Sea). In times like these, environmental e- cation is a hazardous and primarily ambiguous enterprise, since it easily comes to function as a means to foist present responsibilities onto future generations. Some proponents, for instance, argue that environmental education should ‘create a new generation of citizens who are greener than their parents’(Bell, 2004, p. 43). Thus, new born citizens are burdened with environmental responsibilities that we failed to live up to ourselves.
Valuation Of Fixed Income Securities And Derivatives
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Author : Frank J. Fabozzi
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 1998-01-15
Valuation Of Fixed Income Securities And Derivatives written by Frank J. Fabozzi and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-01-15 with Business & Economics categories.
The authoritative resource for understanding and practicing valuation of both common fixed income investment vehicles and complex derivative instruments-now updated to cover valuing interest rate caps and floors.
John Dewey And Environmental Philosophy
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Author : Hugh P. McDonald
language : en
Publisher: SUNY Press
Release Date : 2004-01-01
John Dewey And Environmental Philosophy written by Hugh P. McDonald and has been published by SUNY Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-01-01 with Philosophy categories.
A comprehensive look at how John Dewey's ethics can inform environmental issues.
Faking Nature
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Author : Robert Elliot
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 1997
Faking Nature written by Robert Elliot and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Nature categories.
Faking Nature explores the arguments surrounding the concept of ecological restoration.
Consequentialism Reconsidered
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Author : E. Carlson
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 1995-08-31
Consequentialism Reconsidered written by E. Carlson and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-08-31 with Philosophy categories.
In Consequentialism Reconsidered, Carlson strives to find a plausible formulation of the structural part of consequentialism. Key notions are analyzed, such as outcomes, alternatives and performability. Carlson argues that consequentialism should be understood as a maximizing rather than a satisficing theory, and as temporally neutral rather than future oriented. He also shows that certain moral theories cannot be reformulated as consequentialist theories. The relevant alternatives for an agent in a situation are taken to comprise all actions that they can perform in the situation. The defense of this idea necessitates certain modifications to the standard consequentialist criteria of obligatoriness, rightness and wrongness. The problem of whether agents should adapt their actions to their own future actions is also addressed. Further, a conditional analysis of performability is suggested, and it is argued that particular actions should in this connection be regarded as `abstract' rather than `concrete'. The final chapter sketches a consequentialist theory for collective agents.
Textbook Of Biodiversity
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Author : K V Krishnamurthy
language : en
Publisher: Science Publishers
Release Date : 2003-01-10
Textbook Of Biodiversity written by K V Krishnamurthy and has been published by Science Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-01-10 with Business & Economics categories.
A comprehensive text and reference book covering all the aspects of biodiversity science for students and researchers of biodiversity, plant science, biotechnology, as well as zoology.