Atheist views of nature cannot consistently hold that nature has intrinsic value.
Evidence
It is either that an atheist agent denudes nature of intrinsic value or that a value-laden nature presupposes a believing subject; it cannot be both. — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism, 497 (
#expands, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Atheism and nature’s intrinsic value are logically incompatible positions — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism: A Critique of…, 497; The philosophical-scientific worldview blocks environmental ethics from valuing insentient nature
Broader Connections
- Atheism and nature’s intrinsic value are logically incompatible positions
#expands(0.97) — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism, 497