Non-Anthropocentrism? A Killing Objection

Environmental Values 7 (2):151-163 (1998)
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Abstract

To take the idea of a non-anthropocentric ethic of nature seriously is to abandon morality itself. The idea of humanity is not an optional extra for moral seriousness. Non-anthropocentric environmental ethicists mistake the kind of value non-human entities may bear. It is not moral value, but aesthetic value

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