Leopold — From conqueror to member of the land community
The question that opens it
How does development change if soils, waters, plants, and animals are fellow members of a community rather than mere property?
- 1
Leopold's land ethic extends the boundary of the ethical community to soils, waters, plants, and animals—collectively, the land.
Check the evidence
This is an evidence-linked editorial account, not a direct quotation.
Environmental Ethics
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Locator: §2.1 Deep Ecology and early environmental ethics; Leopold’s land ethic
Open source
- 2
His holistic language emphasizes the integrity, stability, and beauty of biotic communities but does not supply a complete procedure for conflicts with individual animal welfare.
Check the evidence
This is an evidence-linked editorial account, not a direct quotation.
Environmental Ethics
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Locator: §2.1–§2.3, land ethic, holism, and objections
Open source