. I know certain things are absolutely wrong, and I think you do to. No?
Greg, no matter how strongly I argue something, there is a corner of me that questions it. I believe strongly in situational ethics. I think I have to be the ultimate judge of right and wrong, but I shouldn't turn off any critiques that come from external sources. I have to sum these and then make a judgement. I have to live with my judgement, not anybody else.
However, I'm not alone and I think that there is a web out there with more information on it. There are also other people and creatures that are not here yet or who have long since passed and they have input as well. If I can tap into these, my decisions are more fully informed. People looking for easy, shrink-wrapped answers get incomplete solutions, IMO.
As for the ecological arguments I make, I only think it is important because of our situation here on the planet. If all 9 of the solar system's planets and all of the 95+ moons were habitable, and all had a good supply of biodiversity, I probably wouldn't care as much if some one was bulldozing one of them. It is largely that we don't have another place to go.
Even if we did, I think the lesson in nature is use what you take efficiently. Build multiple webs of dependency and recycle. Don't overspecialize and become too dependent upon one set of resources. Don't waste and future hope comes from the darnedest things. |
