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" It is inconceivable to me that an ethical relation to land can exist without love, respect, and admiration for land, and a high regard for its value. By value, I of course mean something far broader than mere economic value; I mean value in the philosophical... "
Management Planning for Nature Conservation: A Theoretical Basis & Practical ... - Page 86
by Mike Alexander - 2007 - 426 pages
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Ecofeminist Philosophy: A Western Perspective on what it is and why it Matters

Karen Warren - 2000 - 282 pages
...role of Homo sapiens from conqueror of the land-community to plain member and citizen of it. ... (2) It is inconceivable to me that an ethical relation...land can exist without love, respect, and admiration tor land, and a high regard for its value. By value. I of course mean something far broader that mere...
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The Gift of Property: Having the Good / betraying genitivity, economy and ...

Stephen David Ross - 2001 - 376 pages
...and water, together with the creatures and things that compose the abundance. An ethic of abundance: "It is inconceivable to me that an ethical relation...economic value; I mean value in the philosophical sense" (p. 239). Well, perhaps not in the philosophical sense, given that philosophers have insisted on property...
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A Sand County Almanac

Aldo Leopold - 2001 - 193 pages
...not the same place it was. Mark what you leave. The Outlook IT IS INCONCHIYABLHTO Mi; THAT AN HTH1CAL RELATION TO LAND can exist without love, respect,...economic value; I mean value in the philosophical sense. Perhaps the most serious obstacle impeding the evolution of a land ethic is the fact that our educational...
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Ruin & Recovery: Michigan's Rise as a Conservation Leader

Dave Dempsey - 2001 - 372 pages
...lamented. But he also prescribed a cure for what ailed the Wisconsin of his time and the Michigan of 2000: "It is inconceivable to me that an ethical relation...land, and a high regard for its value. By value, I mean of course something far broader than mere economic value; I mean value in the philosophical sense."...
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Nature Writing: The Tradition in English

Robert Finch, John Elder - 2002 - 1160 pages
...that leave the world. When they are gone, not the same place it was. Mark what you leave. THE OUTL0OK It is inconceivable to me that an ethical relation...economic value; I mean value in the philosophical sense. Perhaps the most serious obstacle impeding the evolution of a land ethic is the fact that our educational...
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So Glorious a Landscape: Nature and the Environment in American History and ...

Chris J. Magoc - 2002 - 324 pages
...on the part of the private owner is the only visible remedy for these situations. . . . The Outlook It is inconceivable to me that an ethical relation...economic value; I mean value in the philosophical sense. Perhaps the most serious obstacle impeding the evolution of a land ethic is the fact that our educational...
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Understanding and Solving Environmental Problems in the 21st Century: Toward ...

R. Costanza, S.E. Jorgensen - 2002 - 346 pages
..."It is inconceivable to me that an ethical relationship to land can exist without love. 108 A. Dakers respect and admiration for land, and a high regard...economic value; I mean value in the philosophical sense." (Leopold, 1968; p. 223). In many societies and cultures, (and particularly the competitive, consumer,...
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Nature, God and Humanity: Envisioning an Ethics of Nature

Richard L. Fern - 2002 - 292 pages
...case for moral worth will, however, need to presume wild nature is a. fit object of love and respect: "it is inconceivable to me that an ethical relation...admiration for land, and a high regard for its value" (Leopold 1970: 261). Love, admiration, and respect go hand-in-hancl. This points to an additional presumption,...
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Aldo Leopold and the Ecological Conscience

Richard L. Knight, Susanne Riedel - 2002 - 213 pages
...relation to something we can see, feel, understand, love, or otherwise have faith in" (Leopold 1989, 214); "It is inconceivable to me that an ethical relation...admiration for land, and a high regard for its value" (Leopold 1989, 223). Leopold was also aware that ecological understanding — including respect and...
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Rough Sort of Beauty: Reflections on the Natural Heritage of Arkansas (p ...

308 pages
...beings, we also have an ethical obligation to the land as a living organism. This ethic is based upon love, respect, and admiration for land and a high regard for its value. I mean "value in the philosophic sense," to quote Aldo Leopold. In my opinion, the development of this...
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