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Biodiversity
In Dale Jamieson (ed.), A Companion to Environmental Philosophy. Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 402–415 (1991)
Abstract
This chapter contains sections titled: Saving species for people An ethics for species? The threat of extinction Questions of fact: what are species? Questions of duty: ought species be saved? Species in ecosystems Natural and human‐caused extinctions Respect for life: biodiversity and rarity.My notes
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