Buying into conservation: intrinsic versus instrumental value
- PMID: 19251339
- DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2008.11.011
Buying into conservation: intrinsic versus instrumental value
Abstract
Many conservation biologists believe the best ethical basis for conserving natural entities is their claimed intrinsic value, not their instrumental value for humans. But there is significant confusion about what intrinsic value is and how it could govern conservation decision making. After examining what intrinsic value is supposed to be, we argue that it cannot guide the decision making conservation requires. An adequate ethical basis for conservation must do this, and instrumental value does it best.
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Intrinsic value: a reply to Justus et al.Trends Ecol Evol. 2009 Dec;24(12):643; author reply 644. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2009.07.005. Epub 2009 Sep 18. Trends Ecol Evol. 2009. PMID: 19766345 No abstract available.
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