Arvot luonnossa

Oksanen, Raujala-Hayes, Ympäristöfilosofia: Kirjoituksia , Helsinki, 1997


"Arvot luonnossa," "Values in Nature," translated into Finnish," in Markku Oksanen and Marjo Rauhala-Hayes, eds., Ympäristöfilosofia: Kirjoituksia ympäristönsuojelun eettisistä perusteista (Environmental Philosophy: Critical Sources in Environmental Theory and Ethics (Helsinki: Gaudeamus, Oy Yliopistokustannus, Finnish University Press, 1997), pages 205-224.

Nature is examined as a carrier of values. Ten areas of values are recognized: (1) economic value, (2) life support value, (3) recreational value, (4) scientific value, (5) aesthetic value, (6) life value, (7) diversity and unity values, (8) stability and spontaneity values, (9) dialectical value, and (10) sacramental value. Each is analyzed and illustrated with particular reference to the objective precursors of value described by natural science. http://hdl.handle.net/10217/37708

Originally published in Environmental Ethics 3(1981):113-128. Also published in Philosophy Gone Wild.