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Biocentric Individualism and Biodiversity Conservation: An Argument from Parsimony

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  • Patrik Baard

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This article argues that holistic ecocentrism unnecessarily introduces elements to explain why we ought to halt biodiversity loss. I suggest that atomistic accounts can justify the same conclusion by utilising fewer elements. Hence, why we ought to preserve biodiversity can be made reasonable without adding elements such as intrinsic values of ecosystems or moral obligations to conserve collectives of organisms. Between two equally good explanations of the same phenomenon, the explanation utilising fewer elements, which speaks in favour of atomistic accounts, will be the better one.

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  • Patrik Baard, 2021. "Biocentric Individualism and Biodiversity Conservation: An Argument from Parsimony," Environmental Values, , vol. 30(1), pages 93-110, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envval:v:30:y:2021:i:1:p:93-110
    DOI: 10.3197/096327120X15752810324048
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