A coherent environmental ethics can be grounded in instrumental and systemic value relative to sentient welfare without invoking intrinsic value in natural entities (Norton, 'Weak Anthropocentrism').
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coherent(de Finetti's usage in the context of the Dutch Book argument for probabilism)
A subject is coherent if their unconditional degrees of belief do not permit a Dutch Book (a guaranteed loss through a combination of bets) to be made against them
grounded in(whether distinctness or identity is explained by intrinsic features)
To be explained by or to have its reason or basis in something else—like how a tree being wet is grounded in (explained by) recent rain.
instrumental value(The only kind of value utilitarianism can assign to non-sentient natural objects such as plant species, rivers, and mountains.)
Value that is derivative of and contingent on contribution to the satisfaction of sentient beings, rather than value held in itself.
intrinsic value(Callicott (1980) in contrast to individualistic environmental ethics)
Value possessed in and of itself, not derived from contribution to something else; in Callicott's holism, attributed exclusively to the biotic community as a whole rather than to individual organisms