From Leopold's “Land Ethic” to Ecological Hubris

Douglas Allchin

doi:10.1525/abt.2019.81.4.291

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Douglas Allchin¹

¹Douglas Allchin is a historian and philosopher of science and science educator. He is author of Teaching the Nature of Science: Perspectives and Resources (2013) and Sacred Bovines: The Ironies of Misplaced Assumptions in Biology (2017), based on ess

Abstract

Why preserve wilderness? How is such a value justified? Many people – including many biology teachers, I think – regard ecological facts as the ultimate foundation. But does this mean that scientific inquiry can yield ethics, as well as knowledge? Here, I explore this important question about the nature and limits of science by focusing on Aldo Leopold's popular idea of a land ethic.

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Douglas Allchin "From Leopold's “Land Ethic” to Ecological Hubris," The American Biology Teacher 81(4), 291-293, (3 April 2019). https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2019.81.4.291

Published: 3 April 2019