Human-Conceptual Morality and the Intrinsic Value of Nature: A Virtue-Ethical Approach
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61988987%3A17250%2F25%3AA2603CC1" target="_blank" >RIV/61988987:17250/25:A2603CC1 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://journals.phil.muni.cz/profil/article/view/42095" target="_blank" >https://journals.phil.muni.cz/profil/article/view/42095</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/pf25-2-42095" target="_blank" >10.5817/pf25-2-42095</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Human-Conceptual Morality and the Intrinsic Value of Nature: A Virtue-Ethical Approach
Original language description
This paper examines the concept of intrinsic value in environmental ethics by exploring its different forms. Advocating a mind-dependent interpretation, it builds on the naturalistic virtue ethics of Philippa Foot. By proposing several modifications to Foot’s theory—incorporating insights from contemporary biology and synthesizing naturalistic and constructivist approaches—the paper argues that while certain parts of non-human nature may possess intrinsic value based on natural teleology, the evaluative process is exclusively human-centred. This claim becomes even more evident in the transition from intrinsic to moral value. Ultimately, the paper suggests that moral consideration of the environment depends less on adherence to norms and more on the moral character and motivation of the acting agent.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>SC</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60300 - Philosophy, Ethics and Religion
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
O - Projekt operacniho programu
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Pro-Fil
ISSN
1212-9097
e-ISSN
1212-9097
Volume of the periodical
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Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
13
Pages from-to
53-65
UT code for WoS article
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EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105024779856