Kiran Krishna wrote:
>
> Well, the environment exists for man rather than the other way round.
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> Kiran
>
Hmmm, that is a rather quaint nineteenth century way of looking at the world
Kiran. Reminds me of that old "go out an subdue the earth" mentality that
caused many of the environmental messes we have to clean up.
I don't think that there is any scientific evidence available to date that shows
that the environment exists for our benefit. Philosophically, that's like
saying birds would not exist if humans weren't around to observe them.
A society that just takes out from the environment [as opposed to a society that
practices net gain - makes an effort to put back more than it takes out] is like
a bunch of birdwatchers who just twitch and do nothing to advance the welfare of
the birds they observe.
With bird conservation and other aspects of life, ask not what the environment
can do for you [eg bring forth a paradise parrot] but what you can do for the
environment.
Regards, Laurie.
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