Valuing Wildlands

Bibliographic Data

ID11265201
AuthorsHolmes Rolston (Colorado State University, corresponding author), Holmes Rolston Holmes Rolston
Year1985
Volume7
Issue1
Pages23-48
Publication date1985-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEnvironmental Ethics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0163-4275 • E-ISSN: 2153-7895
PublisherPhilosophy Documentation Center (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.5840/enviroethics19857111
OpenAlexW4234280155
LanguageEN
Citations received10

Valuing wildlands is complex. (1) In a philosophically oriented analysis, I distinguish seven meaning levels of value, individual preference, market price, individual good, social preference, social good, organismic, and ecosystemic, and itemize twelve types of value carried by wildlands, economic, life support, recreational, scientific, genetic diversity, aesthetic, cultural symbolization, historical, character building, therapeutic, religious, and intrinsic. (2) I criticize contingent valuation efforts to price these values. (3) I then propose an axiological model, which interrelates the multiple levels and types of value, and some principles for wildland management policy

Applied philosophy · Contemporary philosophy · Epistemology · General interest · Environmental Conservation and Management · Forest Management and Policy · Philosophy

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