Ethics in Biodiversity Conservation

Name: Ethics in Biodiversity Conservation
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Ethics in Biodiversity ConservationAuthor(s): Patrik Baard\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367627645, 978-0367627645\nSynopsis\nThis book examines the role of ethics and philosophy in biodiversity conservation. \n\nThe objective of this book is two-fold: on the one hand it offers a detailed and systematic account of central normative concepts often used, but rarely explicated nor justified, within conservation biology. Such concepts include values (both intrinsic, instrumental, and, more recently, relational), rights, and duties. The second objective is to emphasize to environmental philosophers and applied ethicists the many interesting decision-making challenges of biodiversity conservation. The book argues that a nuanced account of instrumental values provides a powerful tool for reasoning about the values of biodiversity. It also scrutinizes relational values, the concept of rights of nature, and risk, and s.