ES295 Lecture 23: Es295 lesson 23
17 Nov 2020
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Es295 lesson 23 boundaries allowing a full range of human uses. Lands not owned by government bodies, and maintained in a mostly natural state. Stakeholders must continue to employ new strategies that enable people to strike a fair and equitable balance between use and preservation. Week 5 lecture exploitation of nature & environmental philosophies. Dominion thesis: established humans as sole earthly creatures made in god"s image, thus, logically humans are separate from and superior to nature: it is god"s will that man exploit nature for his proper ends . Stewardship thesis: nature is only as valuable as it is useful to humans; calls within the bible that humans have moral responsibility to care for and protect the natural world. We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity, when we see land as a community we may begin to use it with love and respect . Conservation seen as a way to maintain american vitality & prosperity".
