21441 4 archive 353 disk0/00/02/14/41 2026-04-07 11:25:01 2026-04-07 11:25:01 2026-04-07 11:25:01 article show 1 Steel D. Vásquez-Fernández A. Cripps R. Crookall B. DesRoches C. Mintz-Woo K. 9148 0000-0002-9216-9561 pub POPJUS EQU From a traditional environmental ethics perspective, rights of nature are linked to debates about nonanthropocentrism because they give legal force to the idea that nature has intrinsic moral value. However, we claim that the emergence of Indigenous-led rights of nature initiatives shows that intercultural respect is also an important aspect of this issue. Supported by an example involving an Indigenous nation in Peru, we explain how intercultural respect encourages greater engagement between Western and Indigenous philosophies. On this basis, we advance an argument that a river can be a living being with interests of its own. We also explain how intercultural respect is helpful for understanding the relationship between rights of nature and climate change. In general, our contention is that rights of nature should be understood in the context of efforts to counteract the disrespect of marginalized groups commonly found in environmental injustices. 2026-03-28 published doi:10.1093/monist/onag006 3052 none The Monist 109 2 204-219 16 TRUE 0026-9662 info:eu-repo/semantics/article