Often, those claims are cynically designed to get people to part with money to "serve nature" or "save the planet".
We see in this passage the separation of immediate causes of action, namely pleasure and pain, from the pattern of action serving nature's real end, namely utility.
After saying that President Obama was operating with a "phony, non-biblical theology," he explained what he meant by claiming that the Obama administration followed a "radical" theology in which "man" was meant to serve nature.
To this purpose the philosophers say that Nature does nothing in vain, and more is in vain when less will serve; for Nature is pleased with simplicity, and affects not the pomp of superfluous causes".
The National Environmental Education Foundation is now training pediatric health care providers to serve as nature champions in their communities.
At Lake Texoma, the college operates a lakeside recreational camp; it also owns three sites in Grayson county that serve as nature preserves and field research stations.
It is a place where shrimp can be bought straight off the boat and blue-jeaned men work in oil and gas, and egrets and brown pelicans nest along the narrow roads that serve as nature trails and evacuation routes.
With tensions rising sharply in recent weeks, they said, the concerns were not shared with all 30 board members named to run the organization (along with six public officials like Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, who serve by nature of their positions, or ex-officio).
Captive studies cannot, by themselves, explain what function such behaviors serve in nature or how they evolved.
My aim has been to translate sustainability ideas into practical programs that serve community, nature, and social justice.
Aristotle argued for the existence of one or more unmoved movers to serve as nature's role models and constant inspiration (see Prime Mover and Daimon).
