...community, and to his "extension of ethics" to the land as "a process in ecological evolution."12 He writes, "all ethics so far evolved rest upon a single premise:...is a member of a community of interdependent parts. . . . The land ethic simply enlarges the boundaries of the community to include soils, waters, plants,...

...Freshwater Systems 20 3.5 In Forest Ecosystems 23 3.6 In Indoor and Urban Environments 23 References 24 All ethics so far evolved rest upon a single premise:...His instincts prompt him to compete for his place in that community, but his ethics prompt him also to co-operate (perhaps in order that there may he a...

...possibly a kind of community instinct in-the-making. The Community Concept ALL ETHICS so FAR EVOLVED RHST UPON A SINGLE PREMISE: that the individual is a member...His instincts prompt him to compete for his place in that community, but his ethics prompt him also to co-operate (perhaps in order that there may be a...

...theft, if owning is exclusion. Whose property and whose freedom?, one might ask, in an ethical voice. "All ethics so far evolved rest upon a single premise:...member of a community of interdependent parts.... The land ethic simply enlarges the boundaries of the community to include soils, waters, plants, and...

...is connected to everything else. Aldo Leopold summarized this neatly when he said that "all ethics rest upon a single premise: that the individual is a member of a community of interdependent parts."9 The preservation of wildlands is important not just because it provides places of recreation...

...live in harmony with the land. The basic premise of the land ethic, as of all ethics, said Leopold, is that "the individual is a member of a community of interdependent parts." 25 The environmental ethic that the Odums elaborated in the 1970s, in the Leopoldian tradition, was...

...such situations. Ethics are possibly a kind of community instinct in-the-making. THE COMMUNITY CONCEPT Å -D iڵv \ Zy M vi_ њX that community, but his ethics prompt him also to co-operate (perhaps in order that there may be a...

...1949), he advocated the view that, when necessary, the individual must be sacrificed for the ecosystem. All ethics so far evolved rest upon a single premise:...a member of a community of interdependent parts... The land ethic simply enlarges the boundaries of the community to include soils, waters, plants, and...

...cannot own the Earth or any part of the Earth in any absolute manner. —Thomas Berry, The Great Work All ethics so far evolved rest upon a single premise:...is a member of a community of interdependent parts. Here, there, everywhere —Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac In the last chapter I focused on the...

...land ethic is misanthropic. 'All ethics so far evolved', Leopold wrote, 'rest upon a single premiss: 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,...