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Nature, philosophy: nature is usually defined as the part of reality that was not made or designed by humans. No properties can be attributed to nature. E.g. since contradiction is ultimately a language problem, one can say that nature cannot be contradictory. Not all forms of necessity can be attributed to nature, e.g. non-logical necessity and unnecessary existence. See also de re, de dicto, necessity de re, existence.
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Peter Singer on Nature - Dictionary of Arguments

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Nature/ethics/Mill/P. Singer: as J. St. Mill showed in "On Nature"(1), "nature" means either
a) everything that exists in the universe, including the people and their creations, or...
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b) nature is, as the world is, independent of humans.
In the sense of
a) nothing what humans can do is unnatural, in the sense of
b) one cannot conceive that human action is "unnatural" as a reproach because everything is then an interaction with nature and much of it is desirable.
>Actions
, >Ethics, >Morals, >Humans, >Human nature, >World,
>World/thinking.

1. J. St. Mill, 'On nature' In: Nature, The Utility of Religion and Theism. 1874, New Edition: Watts & Co., The Rationalist Press, 1904.

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The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition.

SingerP I
Peter Singer
Practical Ethics (Third Edition) Cambridge 2011

SingerP II
P. Singer
The Most Good You Can Do: How Effective Altruism is Changing Ideas About Living Ethically. New Haven 2015


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