Defending biodiversity : environmental science and ethics / Jonathan A. Newman, University of Guelph, Gary Varner, Texas A&M University, Stefan Linquist, University of Guelph
Publisher
Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2017
Includes bibliographical references (pages 418-435) and index
Contents
Biodiversity and the environmentalist agenda -- Part I. Instrumental value defenses. Ecosystem functioning and stability -- The precautionary principle -- Agricultural and pharmaceutical benefits -- Nature-based tourism and transformative value -- How far do instrumental value defenses get environmentalists? -- Part II. Intrinsic value defenses. Methodology in philosophical ethics -- Extensionism in environmental ethics -- Ecoholism : do ecological wholes have intrinsic value? -- Ecoholism 2 : Callicott on the Leopold land ethic -- Should biodiversity be conserved for its aesthetic value? -- How far do intrinsic value defenses get environmentalists? -- Conclusions and personal reflections
