It is estimated that approximately 400 million people suffer from poverty so bad they cannot afford rations for basic nutrition. ... Peter Singer explains this idea in his article "Rich and Poor" taken from his book Practical Ethics, Singer states that "if it is in our power to prevent something bad from happening, without thereby sacrificing anything of comparable moral significance, we ought to do it." ... Aldo Leopold states in his essay The Land Ethic that "humans are not conquerors of the land but citizens of it." meaning that the land is not here to be used and abused by us but rather ...

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Their argument holds that animal liberationists must regard predation as bad by extending the role of moral consideration to include things that do not feel pain or pleasure. The view that Leopold and Rolston hold maintain that like the natural system of the animal world ( humans and non-human animals ), the eco systems of the land (including soil, plants, and all animals) is highly debatable and should be taken into moral consideration. ... One opposed to this view would argue that if all animals are ought to be considered equal, than a moral agent ( duties toward other individuals and socie...

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"In 1999, there were only about 2.2 hectares of ecologically productive land per person on Earth. ... The more population grows, the more demand for fossil fuels, lumber, metal, and ecologically productive land. ... Clearly, humans, nowadays, are facing a bad environment that results from overpopulation. ...

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According to Environment Canada, good water is "free from disease-causing organisms, harmful chemical substances, radioactive matter and has no bad odours or colour". ... Of the total world's freshwater supply, about one third is found underground, and when many rivers have been dammed, creating very dry land, the water cycle is disrupted causing the ground to become increasingly dry. ...

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Most tribes, like the Tupinamba (an ethnic group in Brazil), would invade other tribes due to a disagreement concerning land rights and then feast on their enemy's corpses if they were victorious. ... Soon, greedy rubber barons hired gunmen to attack Wari' villages to drive them off their land. ...

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