Relational Value
Relational Value (RV) is an emergent category in contemporary value theory. While intrinsic and instrumental value have been used as primary categories of distinction in value theory to date, taking a view beyond dominant capitalism paradigms opens the field to another category: relational value (RV) - "values that do not directly emanate from nature but are derivative of our relationships with it and our responsibilities towards it"[1][2]. As Dr. Kai Chan, UBC professor, sustainability scientist, and a coordinating lead author of IPBES (the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services) describes: "Whereas intrinsic values pertain only to the value inherent in an object, and instrumental values pertain to the value of the object for a person; relational values pertain to all manner of relationships between people and nature, including relationships that are between people but involve nature."[3] While the concept is still emerging, "the concept has quickly gained ground, and promises to better capture how people and collectives perceive of their wellbeing and make choices that involve the natural world".[4] Notably, IPBES has adopted relational value as part of its conceptual framework of its global assessment, defining it therein as: "the values that contribute to desirable relationships, such as those among people or societies, and between people and nature, as in 'Living in harmony with nature'”.[5][6]
Dr. Rachelle K. Gould, Māhealani Pai, et. al. add further dimension, noting that: "The relational values concept broadens conceptions of values beyond instrumental and intrinsic values to encompass preferences and principles about human relationships that involve more-than-humans".[7] As such, the concept of relational value provides an inclusive vehicle for enabling Etuaptmumk (Two-Eyed Seeing) approaches to dominant valuation paradigms, and seems poised to enable decision-making models - and mindsets - that transcend the failings of current Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) approaches. Failings succinctly underscored by Dr. Tim Lenton, professor and director of the Global Systems Institute at University of Exeter, et. al. in his assertion that: "If damaging tipping cascades can occur and a global tipping point cannot be ruled out, then [current planetary health crises present] an existential threat to civilization [and] no amount of economic cost-benefit analysis is going to help us".[8]
References
- ↑ Pascual, Unai; et al. (2017-06-01). "Valuing nature's contributions to people: the IPBES approach". Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 26-27: 7–16. doi:10.1016/j.cosust.2016.12.006. ISSN 1877-3435.
- ↑ Chan, Kai M. A.; Balvanera, Patricia; Benessaiah, Karina; Chapman, Mollie; Díaz, Sandra; Gómez-Baggethun, Erik; Gould, Rachelle; Hannahs, Neil; Jax, Kurt; Klain, Sarah; Luck, Gary W. (2016-02-09). "Opinion: Why protect nature? Rethinking values and the environment". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113 (6): 1462–1465. Bibcode:2016PNAS..113.1462C. doi:10.1073/pnas.1525002113. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 4760809. PMID 26862158.
- ↑ Chan, Kai M. A.; Balvanera, Patricia; Benessaiah, Karina; Chapman, Mollie; Díaz, Sandra; Gómez-Baggethun, Erik; Gould, Rachelle; Hannahs, Neil; Jax, Kurt; Klain, Sarah; Luck, Gary W. (2016-02-09). "Opinion: Why protect nature? Rethinking values and the environment". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113 (6): 1462–1465. Bibcode:2016PNAS..113.1462C. doi:10.1073/pnas.1525002113. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 4760809. PMID 26862158.
- ↑ Stålhammar, Sanna; Thorén, Henrik (2019-09-01). "Three perspectives on relational values of nature". Sustainability Science. 14 (5): 1201–1212. doi:10.1007/s11625-019-00718-4. ISSN 1862-4057. Unknown parameter
|s2cid=ignored (help) - ↑ secretariat (2017-08-12). "Values". IPBES. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
- ↑ Lenton, Timothy M.; Rockström, Johan; Gaffney, Owen; Rahmstorf, Stefan; Richardson, Katherine; Steffen, Will; Schellnhuber, Hans Joachim (2019-11-28). "Climate tipping points — too risky to bet against". Nature. 575 (7784): 592–595. Bibcode:2019Natur.575..592L. doi:10.1038/d41586-019-03595-0. hdl:10871/40141. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 31776487. Unknown parameter
|s2cid=ignored (help) - ↑ Gould, Rachelle K.; Pai, Māhealani; Muraca, Barbara; Chan, Kai M. A. (2019-09-01). "He ʻike ʻana ia i ka pono (it is a recognizing of the right thing): how one indigenous worldview informs relational values and social values". Sustainability Science. 14 (5): 1213–1232. doi:10.1007/s11625-019-00721-9. ISSN 1862-4057. Unknown parameter
|s2cid=ignored (help) - ↑ Lenton, Timothy M.; Rockström, Johan; Gaffney, Owen; Rahmstorf, Stefan; Richardson, Katherine; Steffen, Will; Schellnhuber, Hans Joachim (2019-11-28). "Climate tipping points — too risky to bet against". Nature. 575 (7784): 592–595. Bibcode:2019Natur.575..592L. doi:10.1038/d41586-019-03595-0. hdl:10871/40141. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 31776487. Unknown parameter
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