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040 _aBaker & Taylor
069 _a07181107
090 _aGF 21 .K47 1996
100 1 _aKellert, Stephen R.
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245 1 4 _aThe value of life :
_bbiological diversity and human society /
_cby Stephen R. Kellert.
260 _aWashington, D. C. :
_bIsland Press,
_c1996.
300 _axix, 263 p. :
_bill. ;
_c24 cm
500 _a"Shearwater Books."
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 219-248) and index
520 0 _aDebate on the threat to humanity posed by the massive and widespread loss of biological diversity has largely emphasized economic and ecological consequences. In The Value of Life, a leading social scientist adds a critical new dimension. Stephen R. Kellert explores the actual and perceived importance of biological diversity for humankind's physical, emotional, intellectual, and even spiritual well-being. Kellert identifies ten basic values, which he describes as biologically based, inherent human tendencies that are greatly influenced and moderated by culture, learning, and experience. Throughout, Kellert argues that the preservation of biodiversity is fundamentally linked to human well-being as he illustrates the importance of biological diversity to the human sociocultural and psychological condition. His discussion provides the reader with a deeper understanding of how humans depend on a vast matrix of affiliations with other living things to achieve lives rich in meaning and value.
650 0 _aHuman ecology
_xPhilosophy.
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650 0 _aPhilosophy of nature.
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650 0 _aEnvironmental degradation
_xMoral and ethical aspects.
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650 0 _aPhilosophy
_969037
650 0 _aBiological diversity conservation
_xPhilosophy.
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