Volume 4, Issue 3, Fall 1982
Gene Spitler
Pages 255-260
Justifying a Respect for Nature
Paul W. Taylor has proposed a foundational structure for developing a respect for nature. This structure appears to go weIl beyond what is needed to justify such respect. The intricacies and nuances of life on Earth can gain our respect without attempting the impossible task of abandoning our human perspective or a particular interest in our own species.