PHIL 332 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Ramachandra Guha, Reasons And Persons, Garrett Hardin
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Things that are good in themselves for no other reason. Thing are good because they have a use. Only exist in the mind of an evaluator. Holmes rolston, iii ( naturalizing values: organisms and species ) He is against anthropocentrism, the belief that humans are the center of everything. Argues against the light in the refrigerator theory: Everything in the fridge is useless until the light turns on. Everything has struggles and become the best that it can be. Life is sacred because it has the will to live. Don"t intervene in nature when you don"t have to. Minimize any harm if you have to kill an animal. Every organism has a good of its own. By including animals plants soils and waters. Anything that exists should be respected and values. Energy is passed through the pyramid and life is all interconnected. (clicker question) a thing is right when it tends to _________.
