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OverviewWhy 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ian A. SmithPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.362kg ISBN: 9781138813052ISBN 10: 1138813052 Pages: 172 Publication Date: 27 January 2016 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education , Undergraduate Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1. 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?ReviewsAuthor InformationIan A. Smith is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Washburn University, US Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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