Biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, and the environmentalist agenda

Jonathan Newman, Gary Varner, and Stefan Linquist’s Defending Biodiversity: Environmental Science and Ethics is a critical examination of a panoply of arguments for conserving biodiversity. Their discussion is extremely impressive though I think one can push back on some of their criticisms. In this...

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Published in:Biology & philosophy 2020-01, Vol.35 (1), Article 16
Main Author: Odenbaugh, Jay
Format: Article
Language:English
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Author Meets Critics on the Defending Biodiversity: Environmental Science and Ethics
Biodiversity
Biological diversity
Biological diversity conservation
Ecosystems
Education
Environmentalists
Evolutionary Biology
Philosophy
Philosophy of Biology
Protection and preservation
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Summary:Jonathan Newman, Gary Varner, and Stefan Linquist’s Defending Biodiversity: Environmental Science and Ethics is a critical examination of a panoply of arguments for conserving biodiversity. Their discussion is extremely impressive though I think one can push back on some of their criticisms. In this essay, I consider their criticisms of the argument for conserving biodiversity based on ecosystem services; specifically, ecosystem functioning. In the end, I try to clarify and defend this argument against their criticisms.
ISSN:0169-3867
1572-8404
DOI:10.1007/s10539-019-9723-x