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Are bacteriophage T4 and the long-nosed elephant fish valuable in their own right? Agar defends an affirmative answer to this question by arguing that anything living is intrinsically valuable. The result is a challenge to prevailing definitions of value and a call for a scientifically-informed appreciation of nature.

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1. The Psychological View of Intrinsic Value 2. Science's Bridge from Nature to Value 3. Overlapping Kinds and Value 4. Recent Defenses of Biocentrism 5. A Morally Specialized Account of Life 6. The Contents of Biopreferences 7. Species and Ecosystems 8. An Impossible Ethic?

Lifes Intrinsic Value Science Ethics and Nature

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      Publisher: Columbia University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 07/05/2001
      ISBN13: 9780231117869, 978-0231117869
      ISBN10: 0231117868
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      Book Synopsis
      Are bacteriophage T4 and the long-nosed elephant fish valuable in their own right? Agar defends an affirmative answer to this question by arguing that anything living is intrinsically valuable. The result is a challenge to prevailing definitions of value and a call for a scientifically-informed appreciation of nature.

      Table of Contents
      1. The Psychological View of Intrinsic Value 2. Science's Bridge from Nature to Value 3. Overlapping Kinds and Value 4. Recent Defenses of Biocentrism 5. A Morally Specialized Account of Life 6. The Contents of Biopreferences 7. Species and Ecosystems 8. An Impossible Ethic?

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