Nature: value not included; requires man

There is a growing movement sweeping the western world. It is supported by an alarming number of people; from college students to Hollywood actors and on to politicians. Individuals from every slice of the socio-economic spectrum are involved. Their demands: clean air, clean water, and a slightly curtailed use of natural resources. That, we are told, is the only end the environmental movement seeks.

At first glance who could argue that the environmentalist's battle for cleaner air and water was anything other than a genuine concern for the world that human beings must call home. We would all be the benefactors of this movement "if" it's true intention were for the betterment of human existence. What may have once started as a well-intended campaign to enlighten the public, in regards to matters involving t

Locke, Edwin A. PhD. Nature vs Man. Online. Http://www.aynrand.org/medialink/animal.html

Unfortunately these two parasites, the bureaucrats and the hard-core environmentalists, require a sacrifice. Being mutually dependent entities they cannot afford to sacrifice one another. They will come to the third type of individual. Through their own passivity or innocence they, the people of the third type, will be in-listed as part of the sacrifice. That sacrifice will not be limited only to their pleasures, freedoms, and livelihood but could ultimately require their lives. Be it man sacrificed for the sake of nature, as the environmentalist's want it. Or man sacrificed for the sake of an impossible utopian ideal, as is the bureaucrats wish. The third type of individual must consider what is the true nature of man. Is man an end in himself or is man simply a means to some other end?

All this is definitely not an argument in behalf of the destruction of nature. Earth is our natural environment, without it we will not survive. A whimsical course of abuse and neglect will only lead to a world void of man. Mankind must act as the steward's of the land, realizing that it is required by his nature to survive. Man can only do this by remembering that he is not just part of nature but the highest being in the natural world. Placing the needs of nature above man negates man. In honest debate with unbiased scientific information, remembering what man is, and not apologizing for his nature man can find the solutions to maintain and perpetuate his existence indefinitely.

1 Instinct in psychology is a term used to indicate an unlearned behavior that is elicited by a specific stimulus and that generally fulfills a vital need of the organism. The role of instinct in human behavior is poorly understood, but it is apparently highly modified by the socialization process and individual intelligence. (Online. http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/06398.html)

Lets go back to Mr. Graber's early statement (Worceshym). Consider only the assertion of an "intrinsic" nature based value. The remainder Mr. Graber offensive statement speaks for it's self. Nature, man not included, cannot arbitrarily assign to itself a value, no mater how great or small the scale. The only being that can bestow value is man. The idea that objects in nature, other than man, can assign to themselves values, an act that presupposes intelligence and the ability to reason, is a fallacy. Nature receives value only in its usefulness to man. The basis of that value is derived from the benefits man can garner from nature. Wood for homes, fuel for the generation of electricity, hiking, hunting, fishing, boating, and millions of other recreational and industrial uses are what comprise nature's value. The most breath taking sunset or panoramic mountain top view has no value until it is granted by a man the that views it.

Once a species starts to apologize for it's existence and begins to att

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