Life's intrinsic value ; science, ethics, and nature
by
Agar, Nicholas.
Title
:
Life's intrinsic value ; science, ethics, and nature
Author
:
Agar, Nicholas.
ISBN
:
9780231117876
9780231117869
Personal Author
:
Agar, Nicholas.
Publication Information
:
New York : Columbia University Press, 2001.
Physical Description
:
x, 200 p. ; 23 cm.
General Note
:
Includes index.
Contents
:
The Psychological View of Intrinsic Value. Life on Mars, Life on Earth. Defining Intrinsic Value? Why Are Humans Morally Special? -- Science's Bridge from Nature to Value. Scientific Facts and Values. The Limits of Ethical Extensionism. Beyond Ethical Extensionism? -- Overlapping Kinds and Value. Two Types of Natural Kind Overlap. What to Do About Kind Overlaps. Descriptive Overlaps and Morality. Combining Descriptive and Metaphysical Kind Overlap to Unearth Environmental Value -- Recent Defenses of Biocentrism. The Value of Life. An Ethic to Live by? -- A Morally Specialized Account of Life. Commonsense and Customized Accounts of Life. A Biofunctional Explanation of Self-Movement. Why the Representationally Alive Are Morally Important. GEN-BOOK- and Self-Directed Goals -- The Contents of Biopreferences. The Teleological Account of Content. The Threat of Genic Selectionism. Sentience and Goals -- Species and Ecosystems. The Shortcomings of Individualism. Environmental Value Holism. Individualistic Ethics of Species and Ecosystems -- An Impossible Ethic? Biocentrism, Consequentialism, and Cognitive Tractability. Does Life Value Leave Room for Human Lives?
Subject Term
:
Environmental ethics.
Philosophy of nature.
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy |
|---|
| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168025513090 | 179.1 A261L 2001 | 1 |