2026-05-05T19:41:21Zhttps://uvadoc.uva.es/oai/requestoai:uvadoc.uva.es:10324/826232026-02-06T20:00:48Zcom_10324_1156com_10324_931com_10324_894col_10324_1294
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Valera, Luca
2026-02-06T13:45:52Z
2026-02-06T13:45:52Z
2024
Revista de Filosofia Aurora 36, 2024, e202430731
2965-1557
https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/82623
10.1590/2965-1557.036.e202430731
Revista de Filosofia Aurora
36
2965-1565
Most approaches in environmental ethics that contemplate the normativity of intrinsic values rely on the idea of love or reverence for nature. This paper challenges the need to love nature in order to respect it as a value in itself (i.e., as an intrinsic value). In this regard, the main questions to answer are: is there a need to regard nature as sacred in order to respect it (i.e., to ascribe intrinsic value to it)? What kind of coincidence is there between God and the natural world? The response to these questions calls for a deep inquiry into the cosmological or metaphysical ideas (or conceptions of divinity) underlying them. This paper analyses, thus, three theological, cosmological, or metaphysical ideas (i.e., pantheism, theism, and teleological conception of nature) concerning intrinsic values: some of these (e.g., pantheism) contemplate the idea of the sacredness of nature, which has a clear religious inspiration. These cosmological paradigms also imply different human behaviors towards life: 1. Pantheism implies reverence for Life since nature is sacred (God mainly coincides with nature). Thus, the human being is part of the extended more -than-human community. 2. Theism reaffirms that every form of life is good since it has been created by God. This implies that human beings are the steward of creation. 3. The finalistic idea of nature sustains that life is an end in itself (i.e., has intrinsic value) and that our responsibility emerges from both the value of life and our impact on the environment.
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Loving God, loving nature? Intrinsic values, stewardship, and reverence for nature
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