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How nature matters : culture, identity, and environmental value / Simon P James.

By: James, Simon P [author.].
Publisher: New York, NY, USA : Oxford University Press, 2022Edition: First edition.Description: x, 173 pages ; 22 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780198871613.Subject(s): Environmental sciences -- Philosophy | Philosophy of natureDDC classification: 363.7 J23
Contents:
Cover How Nature Matters: Culture, Identity, and Environmental Value Copyright Dedication Contents Acknowledgements Introduction PART 1: MEANS AND ENDS 1: Instrumentality and Causation 2: Cultural Ecosystem Services 3: Limitations of the Standard Model PART 2: PARTS AND WHOLES 4: The Meanings of Things 5: Constitution 6: Value and Disvalue 7: Deep Ecology, Essentialism, Narrative, and Relational Value PART 3: WIDER ISSUES 8: Why Nature? 9: Beyond Value for Us 10: Constitution and Rights Conclusion Bibliography Index
Summary: "How Nature Matters presents an original theory of nature's value based on part-whole relations. In so doing, it solves the difficult problem of how we should conceptualise nature's cultural values. The standard practice of framing them in terms of the provision of cultural ecosystem services is shown to be inadequate. When natural things have cultural value, they do not have it as service providers - that is, as means to valuable ends. They have it as parts of valuable and meaningful wholes - as parts of traditions, narratives, and cultural identities. These conclusions are developed and defended through twelve case studies, concerning, amongst other things, the contentious practice of dugong hunting and the religious significance of the site where the Buddha is said to have become enlightened. The author also analyses some cutting-edge policy-related topics, such as the debate surrounding the concept of relational value, and takes a stand on various foundational issues in environmental philosophy, including the question of whether anything on earth qualifies as natural"-- Provided by publisher.Summary: James presents an original theory of nature's value based on part-whole relations and solves the difficult problem of how we should conceptualize nature's cultural values. This accessible, engagingly written book will be essential reading for all those who wish to understand the moral and metaphysical dimensions of environmental issues.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover
How Nature Matters: Culture, Identity, and Environmental Value
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
PART 1: MEANS AND ENDS
1: Instrumentality and Causation
2: Cultural Ecosystem Services
3: Limitations of the Standard Model
PART 2: PARTS AND WHOLES
4: The Meanings of Things
5: Constitution
6: Value and Disvalue
7: Deep Ecology, Essentialism, Narrative, and Relational Value
PART 3: WIDER ISSUES
8: Why Nature?
9: Beyond Value for Us
10: Constitution and Rights
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

"How Nature Matters presents an original theory of nature's value based on part-whole relations. In so doing, it solves the difficult problem of how we should conceptualise nature's cultural values. The standard practice of framing them in terms of the provision of cultural ecosystem services is shown to be inadequate. When natural things have cultural value, they do not have it as service providers - that is, as means to valuable ends. They have it as parts of valuable and meaningful wholes - as parts of traditions, narratives, and cultural identities. These conclusions are developed and defended through twelve case studies, concerning, amongst other things, the contentious practice of dugong hunting and the religious significance of the site where the Buddha is said to have become enlightened. The author also analyses some cutting-edge policy-related topics, such as the debate surrounding the concept of relational value, and takes a stand on various foundational issues in environmental philosophy, including the question of whether anything on earth qualifies as natural"-- Provided by publisher.

James presents an original theory of nature's value based on part-whole relations and solves the difficult problem of how we should conceptualize nature's cultural values. This accessible, engagingly written book will be essential reading for all those who wish to understand the moral and metaphysical dimensions of environmental issues.

College of Arts and Sciences Graduate Studies Master of Arts in Philosophy

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