Species Extinction and the Concho Water Snake: A Case Study in Environmental Ethics
Author(s)
Weir, Jack
Abstract
The article is a case study of the politics and moral issues surrounding the Concho Water Snake, which is a threatened snake species indigenous to West Texas. The case is used as a means to analyze and evaluate five theories of value and their normative ethical implications. A Kantian-type of wholism is proposed and defended.
