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The Trouble with Relational Values

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  • Rogelio Luque-Lora

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This paper questions the conceptual and pragmatic worth of the category of relational values. Combining philosophical reasoning with ethnographic field-work in Wallmapu/Chile, I analyse a variety of ways in which people think about, value and behave toward the land. I thereby demonstrate that relational-ity is inherent to held, instrumental and intrinsic values. This means that there is no meaningful way in which to distinguish relational values from more familiar types of values. Yet, to be able to argue that a distinct class of relational values exists, those who have proposed the term have been compelled to silence or downplay the relational natures of those other values. This has the perverse effect of confining, rather than promoting, relational thinking.

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  • Rogelio Luque-Lora, 2023. "The Trouble with Relational Values," Environmental Values, , vol. 32(4), pages 411-431, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envval:v:32:y:2023:i:4:p:411-431
    DOI: 10.3197/096327122X16611552268681
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