Rolston’s Natural Value Theory

Since the1970s, gradually our eyes a forced to focus on the ecological problems.The emergenceof ecological crisis has attracted the attention of people worlewidly,The deterioration of the ecologicalproblem has become the world major topics.The human in harmony with nature is not just tasted the bitterfruit,but also accepted the serious lessons.The disharmony of relation between man and nature in the final analysis is a philosophicalproblem,Namely on the expression between human centralism and non-human centralism,and further studyof the two socialist behind the joints,t is not difficult to find that environmental problem is essentially aproblem of natural value. What is the value of natural? Is there a intrinsic value? If there is a intrinsic value,how to realize the natural from the traditional theory of value to the intrinsic value of a shift? The problemis not related to human survival, more related to the development of human and the world.To solve this problem, first of all, we shoud study in the traditional sense of the natural valuetheory and make a classification, in the traditional sense of the natural value theory, we can easily find thedeterioration of the relation between man and nature, human centered theory system seriously misleadingthe human behavior, and without a doubt covered the human’s eyes, human beings and nature droped in asimply unlimited grab relationship, hostile human to nature, human dominated by arbitrary gesture to grab,develop nature destructively. We saw this in the traditional natural value theory, but can’t find a reasonableway to solute, or even to find a way to compromise settlement. And find that this kind of solution is notonly a philosophical sense, but also on the practical significance of a solution to the problem, through areasonable way to find the key to get along with harmony between human and nature, is a imminent task toimprove the relationship between man and nature.Holmes·Rolston, as an influential scholar in environmental ethics, through his theory of naturalvalue, to determine the natural intrinsic value, and implement a tool from the natural value into the intrinsicvalue of transformation, the transition mechanism is to non-human centralism environmental ethicistsLeopold studies of inheritance. Leopold is committed to the natural extrinsic value to the intrinsic value ofa shift, recognizing the natural productive purpose, has its intrinsic value. On the basis of the view of nature, rolston is put forward to natural intrinsic value as the core of natural values, through its natural value theory,truly realized from instrumental value to intrinsic value of nature. Rolston the conversion mechanism, ofcourse, also there are some defects, we will continue to improve the space. Rolston the conversionmechanism in the field in question and also attack, but could not hide the conversion mechanism of therationality and validity.Rolston’s conversion mechanism, effectively solve the disharmony on the concept of human andnature, as the intrinsic value of nature has been proved that through the value concept’s redefine andconversion for environmental ethics research starting point, build up a complete set of natural value theory,not only made a breakthrough in academic, but also on the environmental predicament in a reasonable wayto humans, the relation between man and nature in today’s tight circumstances has a practical significance.This article will focus on recovering the rolston’s natural value theory system, and mainly explain thenature of the tool value to intrinsic value transformation mechanism, comparing with the traditional naturalvalue theory, clear the meaning and value of the conversion, as well as to the human and the nature to getalong with way a forward-looking guidance, strive to make the relationship between human and nature tendto be more healthy and stable.