COGS 3750 Study Guide - Final Guide: Categorical Imperative, Egalitarianism, Ecofeminism
5 Apr 2014
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Deep ecology: our moral obligations to protect the natural environment derive primarily from the value of the natural environment itself. Inherent value (also known as intrinsic value"): a value that something s has in and of itself. Instrumental value: a value that something s has by virtue of the fact that it has value for some other thing t: according to deep ecologists, nature has an inherent value. It is valuable in of itself, apart from any value it might have for other entities such as human beings. Even if humans and animals did not exist, the existence and preservation of the planet could still be given a rationale. : even if we had another planet to live on, we still shouldn"t destroy the earth. 3: deep ecologists tend to hold more extreme positions about the scope of our moral obligations toward the planet.
