Do we humans have an obligation to preserve all species? Is it ok to let some species go extinct? Do we have obligations to individuals or only to species?
Is it morally ok to take down an old, beautiful tree to build a factory? If not, is that because we have a duty to the tree? Or just a duty to people? How about other plants in the same location? Grass, for instance?
How do we decide which species or individuals we must save? Age? Rarity? Place in the food chain? Or simply its value for us?
If we have duties to trees, what about duties to mountains, lakes, rivers? Are we free to do whatever we want, if it does not harm humans?
Bring your friends to discuss our unique place in nature.
IM Vulcan Viper, who teaches a meditation class every Wednesday at the GeekSpeak auditorium at 1pm SLT, if you have ideas for new subjects.
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