...PRESS, from A Sand County Almanac, by Aldo Leopold, New York, 1949) in the making. All present ethics rest upon a single premise: that the individual is a member of a community of interdependent parts. The land ethic simply enlarges the boundaries of the community to include soils, waters, plants, and...

...for a theoretical discussion, "The Land Ethic," which is the climax of that book. There he writes: All ethics so far evolved rest upon a single premise:...His instincts prompt him to compete for his place in the community, but his ethics prompt him also to cooperate.... The land ethic simply enlarges the boundaries...

...asserted that the despoliation of land" is not only inexpedient but wrong. Society, however, has not yer affirmed their belief. I regard the present conservation...rest upon a single premise : that the individual is a :in rnber of a community of interdependent parts. His instincts prompt him to compete for his place...

...an efficient allocation of resources. Key words: Costs; economics; energy; environment Introduction "All ethics so far evolved rest upon a single premise:...His instincts prompt him to compete for his place in the community, but his ethics prompt him also to cooperate (perhaps in order that there may be a place...

...Almanac's most enduring passages, however, are Leopold's presentation of his now-famous "land ethic": "All ethics so far evolved rest upon a single premise:...His instincts prompt him to compete for his place in the community, but his ethics prompt him also to co-operate (perhaps in order that there may be a place...

...trade-offs, P. Swatek, SP403. pp. 215-223 (June 1976). Key words: costs; economics; energy; environment. The individual is a member of a community of interdependent...His instincts prompt him to compete for his place in the community but his ethics prompt him also to cooperate. Believing that pecuniary motivation is high...

...trade-offs, P. Swatek, SP403, pp. 215-223 (June 1976). Key words: costs; economics; energy; environment. The individual is a member of a community of interdependent...His instincts prompt him to compete for his place in the community but his ethics prompt him also to cooperate. Believing that pecuniary motivation is high...

...with Aldo Leopold's ecological concept of a biotic community: "All ethics so far evolved rest upon the single premise that the individual is a member of a community of interdependent parts" (Callicott 1989, 215). To this the aboriginal would add that all of these interdependent parts are...

...origin in the tendency of interdependent individuals or groups to evolve modes of co-operation, ... all ethics so far evolved rest upon a single premise:...is a member of a community of interdependent parts" (202-3). Hence, we may expect to find that the scope and specific content of ethics will reflect both...

...(including people) and their environment. The premise upon which this new ethical attitude rested was that "the individual is a member of a community of interdependent parts." The first principle of conservation was "to preserve all the parts of the land mechanism." It was obvious...