There are a number of competing ideas for cleaning up the Earth's environmental problems. Usually these competing ideas protect the interests of capital. Here's an idea that goes to the one for sure solution, which we will not see voluntarily implemented. Just the same, it may come to pass as a dominant system of ideas given the conditions that the Earth is being lead in the name of "government" and "business."
Deep Ecology - A bio-centrally oriented articulation of humanity's biological or ecological embeddedness in nature as a species biologically equal to others. The issue of "equalness" applies to the obvious biological similarities between humanity's needs and that of other species - - habitat, food, water, shelter.
Equality in terms of moral imperatives is another issue entirely, leading to a life-boat ethics outcome: Given the choice of saving one and only one of two species-populations in the wild, which of the two does one save? George Sessons and Arne Ness object to this dilemma, but comment that the species nearest humanity would probably be the preferential choice. Deep Ecology holds that humanity's loss of valuing other species for their intrinsic (inherent) value leads to an eventual destruction of biodiversity as well as humanity's sense for oneness with nature, alienation.
Equality in terms of moral imperatives is another issue entirely, leading to a life-boat ethics outcome: Given the choice of saving one and only one of two species-populations in the wild, which of the two does one save? George Sessons and Arne Ness object to this dilemma, but comment that the species nearest humanity would probably be the preferential choice. Deep Ecology holds that humanity's loss of valuing other species for their intrinsic (inherent) value leads to an eventual destruction of biodiversity as well as humanity's sense for oneness with nature, alienation.
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