Baard, Patrik
- University of Oslo (UiO)
Abstract
‘Relational value’ (RV) has intuitive credibility due to the shortcomings of existing axiological categories regarding recognizing the ethical relevance of people’s relations to nature. But RV is justified by arguments and analogies that do not hold up to closer scrutiny, which strengthens the assumption that RV is redundant. While RV may provide reasons for ethically considering some relations, much work remains to show that RV is a concept that does something existing axiological concepts cannot, beyond empirically describing relations people have to environmental areas and places.
Keywords
Relational values; instrumental values; extrinsic values; intrinsic values
Published in
Ethics, Policy & Environment
2025, volume: 28, number: 1, pages: 62-78
SLU Authors
UKÄ Subject classification
Ethics
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/21550085.2024.2334631
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/133001