One ought to feed people rather than save nature? Hungry loggers eat spotted owls! But the seemingly simple question is configured in a complex gestalt. People widely value many worthwhile things over feeding the hungry; they post national boundaries across which the poor may not pass; there is unjust distribution of wealth; escalating birthrates offset any gains in alleviating poverty; there is low productivity on already domesticated lands; sacrificed wildlands are often low in productivity; and significant natural values may be at stake. In some circumstances, one ought to save nature rather than feed people
