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 to be treated as though the land takes care of us, and it does. ...
Many environmentalists like Aldo Leopold and Holmes Rolston III criticize as unecological the emphasis those animal liberationists like Peter Singer place on preventing animal suffering. ... 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. ...
