One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1992 "This is a very comprehensive survey of the way in which the idea of life's value has been used to sustain or deny a quite staggering range of moral claims. Everything is here, from the respect that might be owed to the tiniest micro-organism to the claims that the entire ecosystem makes upon us. It is a pleasure to follow an intelligent and uncompromising mind through such an exhaustive list of the fundamental questions of morality. Few will be able to read [Valuing Life secure that all their prejudices and beliefs about the value of life will remain intact."--Times Literary Supplement

• *FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. xi*INTRODUCTION, pg. xiii*ONE. VALUING LIFE, pg. 3*Two. VALUING LIFE, pg. 29*THREE. ORGANISMIC LIFE, pg. 46*FOUR. PLANT LIFE, pg. 70*FIVE. ANIMAL LIFE, pg. 96*SIX. HUMAN LIFE, pg. 115*SEVEN. TOWARDS A MORALITY OF LIFE, pg. 164*EIGHT. SOME APPLICATIONS, pg. 190*Notes, pg. 229*BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 257*INDEX OF NAMES, pg. 277*INDEX OF SUBJECfS, pg. 281

One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1992 "This is a very comprehensive survey of the way in which the idea of life's value has been used to sustain or deny a quite staggering range of moral claims. Everything is here, from the respect that might be owed to the tiniest micro-organism to the claims that the entire ecosystem makes upon us. It is a pleasure to follow an intelligent and uncompromising mind through such an exhaustive list of the fundamental questions of morality. Few will be able to read [Valuing Life secure that all their prejudices and beliefs about the value of life will remain intact."--Times Literary Supplement

• *FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. xi*INTRODUCTION, pg. xiii*ONE. VALUING LIFE, pg. 3*Two. VALUING LIFE, pg. 29*THREE. ORGANISMIC LIFE, pg. 46*FOUR. PLANT LIFE, pg. 70*FIVE. ANIMAL LIFE, pg. 96*SIX. HUMAN LIFE, pg. 115*SEVEN. TOWARDS A MORALITY OF LIFE, pg. 164*EIGHT. SOME APPLICATIONS, pg. 190*Notes, pg. 229*BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 257*INDEX OF NAMES, pg. 277*INDEX OF SUBJECfS, pg. 281

One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1992 "This is a very comprehensive survey of the way in which the idea of life's value has been used to sustain or deny a quite staggering range of moral claims. Everything is here, from the respect that might be owed to the tiniest micro-organism to the claims that the entire ecosystem makes upon us. It is a pleasure to follow an intelligent and uncompromising mind through such an exhaustive list of the fundamental questions of morality. Few will be able to read [Valuing Life secure that all their prejudices and beliefs about the value of life will remain intact."--Times Literary Supplement

• *FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. xi*INTRODUCTION, pg. xiii*ONE. VALUING LIFE, pg. 3*Two. VALUING LIFE, pg. 29*THREE. ORGANISMIC LIFE, pg. 46*FOUR. PLANT LIFE, pg. 70*FIVE. ANIMAL LIFE, pg. 96*SIX. HUMAN LIFE, pg. 115*SEVEN. TOWARDS A MORALITY OF LIFE, pg. 164*EIGHT. SOME APPLICATIONS, pg. 190*Notes, pg. 229*BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 257*INDEX OF NAMES, pg. 277*INDEX OF SUBJECfS, pg. 281