Science does something unnatural
Posted: Fri 22 Mar 2019, 22:44:21
The respected journal Science has just come out in favor of "Nature Rights", which in the briefest definition, favors granting parts of the environment the same sorts of rights as actual persons. In fact, recently the City of Toledo, Ohio created a "Bill of Rights" for Lake Erie, which says among other things:
https://lakeerieaction.wixsite.com/safewatertoledo/lake-erie-bill-of-rights
https://spectator.org/major-science-journal-embraces-nature-rights-movement/
Most people will have a knee-jerk reaction to this idea, one way or another. However, this topic deserves some deep thought before one replies. I would suggest to you that Great Evil could be wrought this way, as it was when corporations were granted rights as people.
Lake Erie, and the Lake Erie watershed, possess the right to exist, flourish, and naturally evolve. The Lake Erie Ecosystem shall include all natural water features, communities of organisms, soil as well as terrestrial and aquatic sub ecosystems that are part of Lake Erie and its watershed.
https://lakeerieaction.wixsite.com/safewatertoledo/lake-erie-bill-of-rights
https://spectator.org/major-science-journal-embraces-nature-rights-movement/
Most people will have a knee-jerk reaction to this idea, one way or another. However, this topic deserves some deep thought before one replies. I would suggest to you that Great Evil could be wrought this way, as it was when corporations were granted rights as people.