Word: speciesism
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Just say no to melons. that's what pope PAUL II might do, if he had a second chance. He learned firsthand about indulging in the pleasures of a certain kind of flesh. On a hot summer afternoon in 1471, His Holiness was reportedly lounging in the Vatican's backyard...
Our species has driven other species to extinction for thousands of years, and the process has only sped up in the last 200. A 1999 report in the journal Science showed that the extinction of a large Australian bird called Genyornis newtoni 50,000 years ago was likely due to...
There seems to be something innately wrong with the extinction of thousands of types of animals and plants every year. But when Wilson tries to explain what is wrong, he flounders. “There is no way to make a full and final valuation of the ivorybill [woodpecker] or...
This mystical view of the value of a species, which Wilson calls “biophilia,” may be valid. But people also like big houses, televisions and SUVs. The profit that comes from the clear-cutting a tropical rainforest usually trumps any biophilia felt by the citizens...
Instead of worrying about individual species, environmentalists should worry primarily about entire ecosystems. The pig-tailed bandicoot had no mourners. But the ecosystem in the entire Australian outback is the concern of millions of people. It is in our best interest to preserve large swaths of wilderness and thereby save...