Abstract
Two claims should be discinguished;
1. Humans have the right to supervise, manage and direct the rest of nature
2. Humans have a special value, superior to the rest of nature
I discuss some ways of rejecting either or both claims, and point to some surprising consequences of such rejections.
1 does not entail 2; a right to a [...]
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Dominion, T D J Chappell
Posted in Environmental Ethics, tagged Dominion, Humans, nature, Value on January 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
J S Mill: On Nature (1874)
Posted in Environmental Ethics, tagged Mill, nature on January 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Naure, Natural. The words have thus become entangled mostly of a very powerful and tenacious character, which their original meaning will by no means justify, making them one of the most copious sources of false taste, false philosophy, false morality and even bad law.
The Platonic method is still the best type of investigation. The first [...]
