The White Horse Press

Environmental Values

Contents of Volume 17

Other volumes of EV

Environmental Values

Convergence, Noninstrumental Value and the Semantics of 'Love': Reply to Norton

Environmental Values 17(2008): 15-22. doi: 10.3197/096327108X271923

ABSTRACT

Bryan Norton argues that my recent critique of anthropocentrism presupposes J. Baird Callicott's philosophically problematic distinction between intrinsic and instrumental value and that the problems that it raises for anthropocentrism in general are in fact only problems for strong anthropocentrism. I argue, first, that my own view does not presuppose Callicott's distinction, nor any claims about instrumental value, and second, that the problems it raises for anthropocentrism apply to weak and strong anthropocentrism alike.

KEYWORDS

Anthropocentrism, Norton, value, intrinsic, instrumental

REFERENCES to other articles in Environmental Values:

Two Distinctions in Environmental Goodness. Karen Green

Anthropocentrism vs. Nonanthropocentrism: Why Should We Care?.Katie McShane

Convergence, Noninstrumental Value and the Semantics of 'Love': Comment on McShane. Bryan G. Norton

Download full text (PDF format) from IngentaConnect. Access is free if your institution subscribes to Environmental Values.

Subscriptions and back numbers of Environmental Values.

THE WHITE HORSE PRESS
1 Strond
ISLE OF HARRIS HS5 3UD, UK
Tel: +44 1859 520204