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

There is one certainty regarding the human relationship with nature-there is no getting away from it. But while a relationship with nature is a given, the natur

First published in 1983, The Ethics of Environmental Concern has become a classic in the relatively new field of environmental ethics. Examining traditional att