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Endangered species and ethical perspectives

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dc.contributor.authorRolston, Holmes, 1932-, author
dc.contributor.authorGreenwood Press, publisher
dc.date.accessioned2007-01-03T05:33:54Z
dc.date.available2007-01-03T05:33:54Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (page 207).
dc.description.abstractFew doubt that humans have obligations concerning endangered species. Whether humans have duties directly to endangered species is a deeper question, part of the larger issue of biodiversity conservation. Many endangered species have no resource value, nor are they particularly important for the usual humanistic reasons: medical, industrial, agricultural resources, scientific study, recreation, ecosystem stability,. Many environmental ethicists believe that species are good in their own right, whether or not they are good for anything. The duties-to-persons-only line of argument leaves deeper reasons untouched. What may be required is not just prudence saving resources but principled responsibility to the Earth.
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dc.identifier.bibliographicCitationRolston, Holmes, III, Endangered Species and Ethical Perspectives, Bekoff, Marc, ed., Encyclopedia of Animal Rights and Animal Welfare, 2nd ed., 206-207. Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood Press, 2010.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10217/48073
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartofEnvironmental Ethics: Anthologies and Journal Articles
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dc.subjectspecies good of its own
dc.subjectnatural resources
dc.subjectbiodiversity
dc.subjectendangered species
dc.subjectresponsibility to life on Earth
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