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Biodiversity: An Argument For Its Maintenance

About two years ago, I had an argument with my friend about the ethical importance of biodiversity. I argued that sufficient biodiversity (number of different types of species, along with relative abundance of these species) should be an ethical factor when considering certain decisions such as deforestation and terra-forming. However, this argument did not sit [...]

by Elton Li, February 22, 2012

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