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Question Is it important to save endangered species?

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August 4, 2007

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Oliver Leaman

August 9, 2007 (changed August 9, 2007) Permalink

Not necessarily. It is only worth saving things that are worth saving. One would need to have a view on whether a particular species was good to have around, serves any useful purpose or is an obstacle to the welfare of what we regard as important species, like us. Otherwise our attitude to nature would be like the attitude of those deranged individuals who never throw anything away because "it may come in useful one day". Indeed it may, but it is more useful not to have trash all over the house.

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