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Aldo Leopold Should we try to relieve clear cases of suffering in nature? incollection This essay addresses the empirical manifestations of life, not questions about the innermost essence of life, whatever that may be. Therefore, it does not discuss beliefs in the absence or presence of a definite trend toward ever “higher” life-forms. It just talks about what we see around us.

Should we try to relieve clear cases of suffering in nature?

Aldo Leopold

The Selected Works of Arne Naess, Dordrecht, 1987, pp. 129–137

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This essay addresses the empirical manifestations of life, not questions about the innermost essence of life, whatever that may be. Therefore, it does not discuss beliefs in the absence or presence of a definite trend toward ever “higher” life-forms. It just talks about what we see around us.

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