Being and Worth (Electronic book text)


Being and Worth extends recent depth-realist philosophy to the question of values. It argues that beings both in the natural and human worlds have worth in themselves, whether we recognise it or not. This view is defended through and account of the human mind as essentially concerned with that of which it is independent. Conclusions follow both for environmental ethics - that natural beings should be valued for themselves, not just for their use to us - and for justice in the human world, based on the idea that humans are unique and equal in respect of 'having a life to live'.

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Being and Worth extends recent depth-realist philosophy to the question of values. It argues that beings both in the natural and human worlds have worth in themselves, whether we recognise it or not. This view is defended through and account of the human mind as essentially concerned with that of which it is independent. Conclusions follow both for environmental ethics - that natural beings should be valued for themselves, not just for their use to us - and for justice in the human world, based on the idea that humans are unique and equal in respect of 'having a life to live'.

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General

Imprint

Routledge

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Series

Critical Realism: Interventions Routledge Critical Realism

Release date

August 2005

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First published

1999

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Format

Electronic book text

Pages

136

ISBN-13

978-1-134-62241-2

Barcode

9781134622412

Categories

LSN

1-134-62241-4



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