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Ecosystem Services and the Value of Places

James, Simon P.

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In the US Environmental Protection Agency, the World Wide Fund for Nature and many other environmental organisations, it is standard practice to evaluate particular woods, wetlands and other such places on the basis of the ‘ecosystem services’ they are thought to provide. I argue that this practice cannot account for one important way in which places are of value to human beings. When they play integral roles in our lives, particular places have a kind of value which cannot be adequately conceived in terms of service provision. Since it is in this respect limited, the ecosystem services framework can, I suggest, be criticised on grounds of justice.

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James, S. P. (2016). Ecosystem Services and the Value of Places. Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 19(1), 101-113. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10677-015-9592-6

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Apr 9, 2015
Online Publication Date Apr 21, 2015
Publication Date Feb 1, 2016
Deposit Date Apr 9, 2015
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Ethical Theory and Moral Practice
Print ISSN 1386-2820
Electronic ISSN 1572-8447
Publisher Springer
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 19
Issue 1
Pages 101-113
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s10677-015-9592-6
Keywords Duty, Ecosystem services, Environmental ethics, Place, Value, Justice.

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