Foreword to the 25th Anniversary Edition p. ix Acknowledgments p. Xiii 1 Environmental Ethics and Human Ethics p. 3 1 Introduction p. 3 2 Moral Agents and Moral Subjects p. 14 3 Formal Conditions for Valid Moral Principles p. 25 4 Material Conditions for Valid Moral Principles: The Content of Human Ethics p. 33 5 The Structural Symmetry between Human Ethics and Environmental Ethics p. 41 6 Biology and Ethics p. 47 7 A Note on the Ethics of the Bioculture p. 53 2 The Attitude of Respect for Nature p. 59 1 Introduction p. 59 2 The Concept of the Good of a Being p. 60 3 The Concept of Inherent Worth p. 71 4 Having and Expressing the Attitude of Respect for Nature p. 80 5 Respect for Nature as an Ultimate Attitude p. 90 3 The Biocentric Outlook on Nature p. 99 1 The Biocentric Outlook and the Attitude of Respect for Nature p. 99 2 Humans as Members of the Earth's Community of Life p. 101 3 The Natural World as a System of Interdependence p. 116 4 Individual Organisms as Teleological Centers of Life p. 119 5 The Denial of Human Superiority p. 129 6 The Argument for the Biocentric Outlook p. 156 4 The Ethical System p. 169 1 The Basic Rules of Conduct p. 169 2 Priority Principles p. 192 3 The Basic Standards of Virtue p. 198 5 Do Animals and Plants Have Rights? p. 219 1 Legal Rights and Moral Rights p. 219 2 Analysis of the Assertion of Moral Rights p. 226 3 The Defeasibility of Rights p. 241 4 Is If Logically Conceivable for Animals and/or Plants to Have Moral Rights? p. 245 5 A Modified Concept of Moral Rights p. 251 6 Competing Claims and Priority Principles p. 256 1 The General Problem of Competing Claims p. 256 2 Human Rights and the Inherent Worth of Nonhumans p. 260 3 Five Priority Principles for the Fair Resolution of Conflicting Claims p. 263 a The Principle of Self-Defense p. 264 b The Principle of Proportionality p. 269 c The Principle of Minimum Wrong p. 280 d The Principle of Distributive Justice p. 291 e The Principle of Restitutive Justice p. 304 4 The Ethical Ideal of Harmony between Human Civilization and Nature p. 307 5 The Normative Function of the Ethical Ideal p. 310 Bibliography p. 315 Index p. 325 Descriptive content provided by Syndetics{u2122}, a ProQuest® service. Click here for Terms of Use.

Foreword to the 25th Anniversary Edition p. ix Acknowledgments p. Xiii 1 Environmental Ethics and Human Ethics p. 3 1 Introduction p. 3 2 Moral Agents and Moral Subjects p. 14 3 Formal Conditions for Valid Moral Principles p. 25 4 Material Conditions for Valid Moral Principles: The Content of Human Ethics p. 33 5 The Structural Symmetry between Human Ethics and Environmental Ethics p. 41 6 Biology and Ethics p. 47 7 A Note on the Ethics of the Bioculture p. 53 2 The Attitude of Respect for Nature p. 59 1 Introduction p. 59 2 The Concept of the Good of a Being p. 60 3 The Concept of Inherent Worth p. 71 4 Having and Expressing the Attitude of Respect for Nature p. 80 5 Respect for Nature as an Ultimate Attitude p. 90 3 The Biocentric Outlook on Nature p. 99 1 The Biocentric Outlook and the Attitude of Respect for Nature p. 99 2 Humans as Members of the Earth's Community of Life p. 101 3 The Natural World as a System of Interdependence p. 116 4 Individual Organisms as Teleological Centers of Life p. 119 5 The Denial of Human Superiority p. 129 6 The Argument for the Biocentric Outlook p. 156 4 The Ethical System p. 169 1 The Basic Rules of Conduct p. 169 2 Priority Principles p. 192 3 The Basic Standards of Virtue p. 198 5 Do Animals and Plants Have Rights? p. 219 1 Legal Rights and Moral Rights p. 219 2 Analysis of the Assertion of Moral Rights p. 226 3 The Defeasibility of Rights p. 241 4 Is If Logically Conceivable for Animals and/or Plants to Have Moral Rights? p. 245 5 A Modified Concept of Moral Rights p. 251 6 Competing Claims and Priority Principles p. 256 1 The General Problem of Competing Claims p. 256 2 Human Rights and the Inherent Worth of Nonhumans p. 260 3 Five Priority Principles for the Fair Resolution of Conflicting Claims p. 263 a The Principle of Self-Defense p. 264 b The Principle of Proportionality p. 269 c The Principle of Minimum Wrong p. 280 d The Principle of Distributive Justice p. 291 e The Principle of Restitutive Justice p. 304 4 The Ethical Ideal of Harmony between Human Civilization and Nature p. 307 5 The Normative Function of the Ethical Ideal p. 310 Bibliography p. 315 Index p. 325 Descriptive content provided by Syndetics{u2122}, a ProQuest® service. Click here for Terms of Use.