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The Intrinsic Value of Endangered Species
Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory Series
Author: Smith Ian A.
Language: EnglishSubjects for The Intrinsic Value of Endangered Species:
Keywords
Ian A. Smith. humpback chub. environmental ethics. endangered species. moral consideration. preservation. conservation. intrinsic value. intrinsic goods. philosophy of biology. humility. biological communities. Biological Species Concept. Holmes Rolston. J. Baird Callicott. Ronald Sandler. John O’Neill. Lawrence Johnson. End Triassic Period Extinction. Individual Biological Organism. Species Concept. HSC. Higher Order Taxonomic Categories. Stem Species. Environmental Ethics Literature. Reproductive Isolation. Mere Sum. Canyon Dam. Glen Canyon Dam. Metaphysical Individual. EcSC. Adaptive Zone. Callicott’s View. Supraspecific Taxa. Lifetime Welfare. Inclusive Clade. Good Life. PS. Individual Human Flourishing. Linnaean Genera. Blue Whale
Publication date: 06-2018
· 15.2x22.9 cm · Paperback
Publication date: 01-2016
· 15.2x22.9 cm · Hardback
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Why save endangered species without clear aesthetic, economic, or ecosystemic value? This book takes on this challenging question through an account of the intrinsic goods of species. Ian A. Smith argues that a species? intrinsic value stems from its ability to flourish?its organisms continuing to reproduce successfully and it avoiding extinction?which helps to demonstrate a further claim, that humans ought to preserve species that we have endangered. He shows our need to exercise humility in our relations with endangered species through the preservation of their intrinsic goods, which in turn rectifies our degradation of their importance. Unique in its appeal to virtue ethics and to species concepts, The Intrinsic Value of Endangered Species is an important resource for scholars working in environmental ethics and the philosophy of biology.
1. Introduction: The Humpback Chub 2. Species Concepts and Ontology 3. Rolston’s Account: Objective Value 4. Johnson's Account: Well-Being Interests 5. Callicott's Account: Leopold’s Story 6. The Intrinsic Goods of Species 7. The Role of Humility 8. Problems and Solutions 9. Competing Moral Considerations, Preservation Considerations 10. Preservation of Higher-Order Taxa?
Ian A. Smith is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Washburn University, US