Respect for Nature: A Theory of Environmental Ethics

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biocentrism

  • St. Francis of Assisi in a fresco by Cimabue
    In biocentrism: Historical roots

    Paul Taylor’s book Respect for Nature (1986) was perhaps the most comprehensive and philosophically sophisticated defense of biocentric ethics. Taylor provided a philosophical account of why life should be accepted as the criterion of moral standing, and he offered a reasoned and principled account of the practical implications…

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discussed in biography

  • In Paul W. Taylor

    … best known for his book Respect for Nature: A Theory of Environmental Ethics (1986), which promulgated the biocentric viewpoint in environmental ethics and was a foundational work of environmental philosophy.

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