In Respect for Nature, Paul Taylor develops the following four elements of the biocentric view of nature:1. Human beings are members of the community of terrestrial life in the same sense and under the same conditions as other living beings.2. The natural world is an interdependent system.3. Every organism is a Teleological Center of Life (TCL) with its own good.4. Human beings are not intrinsically superior to other living things. Taylor believes that if one concedes and accepts the first three components, accepting the fourth component is not unreasonable. It also suggests that to adopt the attitude of respect for nature it is necessary to accept all four elements of the biocentric perspective. “Once we reject the claim that human beings are superior to other living things in both merit and value, we are ready to adopt an attitude of respect. The denial of human superiority is itself the result of taking the perspective on nature embodied in the first three elements of the biocentric perspective” (Taylor 153). This is where Taylor is wrong. In the following article I will argue that human beings, as a condition of moral action, are superior to other living beings and that it is not necessary to accept Taylor's fourth element to adopt the attitude of respect for nature. Most would agree with Taylor's thesis. first two elements of the biocentric vision of nature. The first element is undeniably true; human beings are in fact members of the earthly community. Taylor goes further and states that humans are unprivileged members of the Earth's community of life. Human beings, just like all other living organisms, have biological needs to live. Furthermore, “[we], like them, are vulnerable. We share with them the inability to guarantee the nature of the paper and this requires recognizing the equal intrinsic value of all TCLs (element three). Furthermore, it is moral action that allows us to adopt an attitude of respect for nature. No other body (TCL) can adopt the attitude of respect for nature. Therefore, it is because of our moral duty to all other TCLs that humans are superior to all other Teleological Centers of Life. Only human beings, thanks to moral free will, are able to recognize that all TCLs have their own good. Organisms without moral agency cannot understand or appreciate the intrinsic value of other beings. Consequently, they cannot adopt an attitude of respect for nature. It would be incomprehensible for a plant to understand what is good for humans. Likewise, believing that a tree or a blade of grass can respect nature in the same way as a human being is ridiculous.