The value of nature: Economic, intrinsic, or both?

摘要

This Learned Discourse complements Doorn's (2017), in which she recounts the history of philosophical andrnethical thought concerning the value of ecosystems. She notes that anthropocentrists do not acknowledge thernintrinsic value of nature, but points out that environmental pragmatists acknowledge that anthropocentricrnapproaches often lead to positive environmental results that different philosophies can agree on. Here, wernargue that changing our paradigm of what leads to human well-being by considering both intrinsic andrneconomic perspectives will be more productive than valuing ecosystems based solely on their monetary worthrnto people.