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Development of Conservation Ethics in the U.S.

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1 Development of Conservation Ethics in the U.S.

2 John Muir The Romantic-Transcendental Preservation Ethic

3 George Perkins Marsh

4 Gifford Pinchot The Resource Conservation Ethic

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6 Possible Values of Nature
Instrumental value – a thing is valuable because it is useful to humans Intrinsic value – a thing is valuable in and of itself – valuable because it exists

7 the Evolutionary-Ecological
Aldo Leopold the Evolutionary-Ecological Land Ethic

8 Aldo Leopold on horseback in Arizona – rider on left

9 Aldo And Dog At the Shack

10 The First Oakies at the Shack

11 The Land Ethic Odysseus Immanuel Kant


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