Summary Of Aldo Leopold's A Land Ethic

In the book, A Land Ethic, Aldo Leopold argues about the importance of developing an obligation between individual-land (environment) the same way that humans did before between other individuals and societies. As he explains humans must understand their relationship with nature. If there is no change in the way people treat the environment in a near future would destroy people chances of surviving the disaster. Although people’s current way of life ignores environmental problems, by understanding the benefits of preserving nature by finding new ways to communicate the benefits of treating the environment better, developing a relationship with nature, and a respect towards the ecosystem as a partner, it will have a better chance of developing a relationship between nature and humanity.
Furthermore, humans have an enlightened self-interest, which mean they move toward their own benefit. Even though not always thought about it, environment provides benefits such as ecosystem services which determine the integrity of the system. Nevertheless, the economic way of thinking prevails among the more powerful people (and often the ones that could make an impact). Therefore, people should be able to find a common view to share with benefit-driven businessmen, but without forgetting about the intrinsic and instrumental values of others.
In addition, people

People need to develop a respect towards nature as more than just being a slave that humanity could profit from, it actually is our partner who would also would like to be treated well. Climate change is one of the main problems that people are trying to fix. To deal with the causes of climate change, we need a more thorough and deeper awareness of how we got to the brink of destroying the human prospect and much of the