Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
1986
Abstract
The central philosophical problem concerning our duties with regard to nature is this: We are strongly inclined to think we have certain duties which are not fully accounted for by instrumental arguments. We are also strongly inclined to hold a view about value that seems to make it impossible to account for these duties by any noninstrumental arguments. Hence our perplexity.
Publication Information & Recommended Citation
Regan, Donald H. "Duties of Preservation." In The Preservation of Species: The Value of Biological Diversity, edited by Bryan G. Norton. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1986.
Comments
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