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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Disregard for intrinsic value of nature

Disregard for intrinsic value of nature

  • Instrumentalization of the world

Claim

Cost-benefit analyses fail to appreciate the multitude of intrinsic values in the natural world which are open to human life.

Broader

Decline of human relationship to nature
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Dehumanization of man in the technological process
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Narrower

Breaking the interconnectedness of life
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Undervaluation of nature in planning and decision making
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Disrespect for the land
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Aggravates

Discrimination against non-human species
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Criminal offences against the environment
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Prettification of nature
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Inherent patriarchal distortion of planning
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Failure to take account of externalities of systems
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Denial of rights of inanimate objects
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Aggravated by

Human exceptionalism
Excellent
Undervaluation of community wealth
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Shallow ecology policy
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Modernism
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Fear of nature
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Strategy

Relating to nature
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Capturing environmental value
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Charging appropriately for water
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Value

Attention-Inattention
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Modesty-Vanity
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Carefulness-Neglect
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Desire-Avoidance
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Approval-Disapproval
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Support-Opposition
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Respect-Disrespect
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Value
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Disregard
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Reference

Devall, Bill and Sessions, George: Deep Ecology: Living as if nature mattered

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #17: Partnerships to achieve the Goal

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems
Subject
Content quality
Yet to rate
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Language
English
Last update
Dec 3, 2024