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This paper considers whether respect is a concept that can be applied fruitfully and cogently to nature and the environment. Through an examination of the idea of nature, respect and an analysis of Paul Taylor’s book Respect for Nature, it argues that, despite the attractiveness of the idea, the concept of respect cannot be coherently and systematically applied to the natural world and that, if a reasoned justification for a non-instrumental view of nature is to be sought, it must be sought elsewhere, perhaps in the notion of care rather than respect per se.
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Connelly, J. Respecting Nature?. Res Publica 12, 97–108 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11158-006-0008-2
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11158-006-0008-2