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The Earth Charter and Beyond:

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The Earth Charter and Beyond:

[Article]

Prioritizing Natural Space

Ruth Miller Lucier

Leiden

Brill

"In this paper I give reasons for holding that the Earth Charter's support for the preservation of natural ecosystems needs to be undergirded by rigorous theory. To assist with this, I off er a continuum-based defi nition of the concept of "Natural Primordial Space" (viz. NPS) and then off er reasons for believing that NPS is worthwhile both (1) intrinsically, and (2) contingently-as an enhancer of the moral quality of human life. I conclude by suggesting that the merits of this part of earth's environment justify giving the preservation of NPS a pre-eminent ranking on any prioritized list of Earth Charter concerns. In this paper I give reasons for holding that the Earth Charter's support for the preservation of natural ecosystems needs to be undergirded by rigorous theory. To assist with this, I off er a continuum-based defi nition of the concept of "Natural Primordial Space" (viz. NPS) and then off er reasons for believing that NPS is worthwhile both (1) intrinsically, and (2) contingently-as an enhancer of the moral quality of human life. I conclude by suggesting that the merits of this part of earth's environment justify giving the preservation of NPS a pre-eminent ranking on any prioritized list of Earth Charter concerns."

2004

101-111

Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology

8/1

1568-5357

EARTH CHARTER

ECO-PRESERVATION

ENVIRONMENT

ETHICS

SUSTAINABILITY

Ruth Miller Lucier

10.1163/1568535041337748

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