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The Land Ethic
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The Land Ethic asks how humans belong within an ecological community. Its extension of concern invites further questions about obligations, particular relationships and competing needs.
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Guided course · Module 14 · Lesson 84
What do we owe beyond the present human world?
Leopold, Rawls and Simpson give different reasons for obligations to land, to future generations and within particular relationships. The lesson keeps present needs, and the question of who has authority to decide, in view.