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Holmes Rolston III
Other interpreters of the ancient Hebrew in which the Old Testament was originally written translate this passage as “guardianship of,” which implies that those species have their own intrinsic value that we must protect.
Scientists and economists who leave religion out of their arguments say other species are value-free except in terms of their economic worth to humans— medicines derived from Amazon species, trees planted on monoculture tree farms for later harvesting, and so on. They still don’t see other species as having their own intrinsic value.
Scientists and religious authorities alike have been persuaded to a different point of view by Holmes Rolston III, who was honored for his work in environmental ethics by being awarded this
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