Finding Value in Nature. (1st August 2006)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hill, Thomas
• Is Part Of: Environmental values. Volume 15:Number 3(2006:Autumn)
• Page Start: 331
• Page End: 341
• Publication Date: 2006-08-01
• Subjects: intrinsic value -- value in nature -- anthropocentrism -- virtue ethics; Environmental ethics -- Periodicals; Environmental policy -- Periodicals; 179.105
• DOI: 10.3197/096327106778226266
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0963-2719

Abstract

Abstract : This paper explores the idea that a proper valuing of natural environments is essential to (and not just a natural basis for) a broader human virtue that might be called 'appreciation of the good'. This kind of valuing can explain, without any commitment to a metaphysics of intrinsic values, how and why it is good to value certain natural phenomena for their own sakes. The objection that such an approach is excessively human-centred is considered and rebutted.