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Do humans have responsibilities in their relationships with animals and the natural environment?

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Includes a live-link HTML version. Discusses the core idea of environmental ethics and humans place in the natural world.

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An easy answer is a simple "yes", although perhaps the real question becomes what these responsibilities are. Certainly there a no "legal" responsibilities, although there are animal cruelty laws, and various restrictions as to what we can and cannot do with / to them.

What then is the ethical basis for environmental responsibility? Is there one at all? There is a biblical passage often quoted in this respect about "Man's dominion over the animals and the lands" ...

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