Fishes in the desert: paradox and responsibility
Date
1991
Authors
Rolston, Holmes, 1932-, author
University of Arizona Press, publisher
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Abstract
An adequate ethic for the conservation of desert fishes requires an unprecedented mixture of biology and ethics. Anthropocentric rationales based on benefits to humans are insufficient. Species of desert fish are dynamic historical lineages, where vertebrate speciation is impressively in progress, and this process and its products calls for appropriate respect. Human have duties not simply to other humans but to species of fish--instance, increment, and symbol of respect for life on Earth.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [109-111]).
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Subject
desert life
desert fishes
endemic species
conservation
ethics