Is every species of living thing on the planet equally deserving of protection?
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Is every species of living thing on the planet equally deserving of protection?
I don't think you're going to find too much sympathy for such an extreme position. For one thing, you can't give rights to dinner. I can foresee a time when some of the higher primates, and perhaps some cetaceans, may…
Is every species of living thing on the planet equally deserving of protection?
By protection dost thou mean protection from the human species, or from other species, or from certain other somewhat psychologically unstable members of the same species?
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At one point in my life, I wanted to study conservation genetics. Now, I just make fun of molecular ecologists and their flawed data. The most recent installment of Ask A ScienceBlogger takes me back to the days before I discovered the wonders of genomics:
Is every species of living thing on the…
Is every species of living thing on the planet equally deserving of protection?...
No.
Seriously. No.
Some must be protected.
Some ought to be protected.
It'd be pragmatic, prudent or prescient to protect most.
A few I'd just as soon see dead. Very few.
Some actually don't matter much either way,…