The Research On Rolston’s Natural Value Theory

Holmes Rolston is one of the representatives environmental ethics, He is widely recognized as the father of environmental ethics. His theory of the intrinsic value of nature is one of the most important components of this discipline. Rolston think naturally have their own intrinsic value of the objective, natural value is the object attribute for itself, have inherent purposiveness, so that the nature is developing toward from orderly and harmony.Rolston’s natural value theory is a new value theory for it breaks traditional value theory, namely value is not only an evaluation activity, but also a process of detection.He regards theory of evolution as background with resort to modern ecology description,systematically expounds an objective and intrinsic value, attains some environmental duties through deduction, and puts forward a kind of basic ecological ethics.This article is impossible to evaluate each opinion of objective, intrinsic natural theories. But from Rolston’s natural value theory, with resort to some representative scholar viewpoints. We can really find some places to affirm, and to discuss.