TY  - BOOK
AU  - Stephan Millett
PY  - 2011
CY  - Lausanne, Switzerland
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 1421-4903
SN  - 9783035102895
TI  - Aristotle’s Powers and Responsibility for Nature
DO  - 10.3726/978-3-0351-0289-5
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1052396
N2  - This book addresses the theme of what «nature» is and humans’ obligations toward the natural world. It demonstrates that an approach based in metaphysics can help us to understand better what nature is and our obligations to the natural world. Beginning with ideas traced from Aristotle through some of the signifcant figures in European philosophy, the author shows that each living thing is a unique source of value.  He then argues that this value puts humans under an obligation and that adopting an attitude of responsibility to living things is an essential part of what it means to be human.
KW  - Ethics, Philosophy of Nature, Ancient Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, Metaphysics and Ontology
LA  - English
ER  -