3h e Case .for Co- exzstence bv john Harnmond Thr hiiton I>: our rrlattonq tr, ntkr ltie torms on tht<pla~r.tread' lhi? a lonu. cme-irdd carualt\ l~*t Thc numlwr 0: <prcop, ~prr~mlalilx~lld "thre.~tcn~d" or 'enrlancrrt~l I< cmdll cmpard to tho\+,that have ceav.rl Ir, rxlrt altogeth~r herawr ut human ~ntrr\,cntion c l i onr- hind or another. Gmerallr. \rp arc aware onlv ot the moro \r~ctacularPO.II thv grcal ~ u L4. m~wcan1,lvrn. M\wnzrr p~peon Yu \\#Idy x ~ ccr ha' ever romlwt"d r\~:h human' . . . and \yon. T h i d~qmalptrture raws wlrrmg qumtwns not on], .~lrrutour moral capacll8w. but even alxrul our alvl;t\ to a n irom cnn<~dvat!r,nrnt Ion*-trvtv Y.II-~"~c'R'I! \\ I.~(OLI h h t . human?hew.tt tmm other Ihtne thlnq. In an Immn\p \ar,etv oi \%ass %me ut thc Inmn. ior example. arr ahwlutel\ nnc-arv trlr th~~ll~n,~t~~n 01 iru~t-hrdr!~1~1ql ~ n l ~ . Man\ ad~anct* tn mdtcjnc h,nc tl(~~~ndrrl on rwarrh condurtrrl on other ,animal*. \urh .I, the prln,.tt~5 And on a l o 5 l~ng!hlrIk,vpl. thr pr-mcc ot other swclrs does much to r~nhanrct,hc qudl~lv01 l1le. Try tu imagine tlrp uttpr \ ! l r n r ~ o ft h t~ore4 wothout h~rds.or the barrenness nt txrtm w~thoutt'~nrmal Nmasrrv It r\,ould wm. then. that 11 15 clearl, ~n our ~ntcre<tto preserve the d,\rrrlt\ ot l!tr anlund ,,< wm'other human advdntaw. Thrs IS the .p~rtt01 the puhltc lands Env,mnmt.ntal Impact Stalt,mt t"UnrL.r Altemnttvc C. rhe numher oi urn* htrd, wtll <It<Ilne. Ihul t m k r productionwill rncreaw . . .' 1 The truth Ir. wr ran probahly gel along rv~thoutlhe grizrlv, the grav whalr. thr wha,pmy crane. and wen aplrar to prorpr. Hut thp appml to vIt-~nlerc\hIa6 another tala1 flaw It undrrr\tmate< our own human n.ttun, In spite or what the cvn~r, and t11c bcha\.~ort\t\5av. humans do rcqwnd \\fth pawon and dnf~ratu>tno \alur<ant1 acnlr oth~trhan thr)\~that txn~I11 Art classes render life in high desert Thr tnnr htt at \\~lrll~tihcat art \tudcnt\ rapturd wtth Ihc~r w.llcrr nlon In a w~.klc>r?r I 1.15, h,lrrd at lhr. (Irrqon Hlgh I)rv,rl Mu~rum d I,d(<ln hrlo,,e!nr t r ~ P\I' art Ihron Lardntv Thv tnr h\brnrl .t,,l? tin. 'hmv c o\\I, and y,.lrrow 1hanL.1 ~lrlhlv h tll? rnwcum lo lllr .PI*lO" <Id'\ a ~.itrnnrtror Ill \ram eah? rxzinlrrs If, luri. 4+cr or lktt r\!!t8t.\ 1 ~ n d \l'almer (I ,~\.,m,l,wl ths, l>,rcl'\ Th,, I. the vv onrl \nmmrr la. t,lc~gllt\\.1t~~rcr,bar nd 041 t thr mu v t ~ n l nrar Hend alnlcnp\ kjr \ear< ha\c dealt ~ f r hrl<.*en."\.,1<1<;ardner. r l lounrl thr, < vntrdl C)regon cle~~pnrd t1r.1 pr,*trr. and \LLAI,,~L,~~ tor !I,<. <,,,tr.,n<c, et!mt. hohh, I,arrlnt~~ $a\,. '.*lo an ahrolul? iil", !lo? I" -dl llldll humam alonc. c!rCr rnd~\tduallv nr r~!I~~ti\p!\ Wumanr b\ and Iarq~ J \ P A r r r , > t CJECI.\I I<, ~ d r v ior and ernpath~zrn!rh othpr iw 101nl. Furthermon, \re arc capahle or rrymdinq to appal5 to rrawn. to conirclrrat~on,ot what i< nrht. That. ~n renre, gl\r. u, prmpect,~trom alllc h we can loot. hmond our own ~ p ~ l p ~ For uhcthrr or not uc 5, r l l come lo LO-rrtat with the r ~ \ot i 11vlngnature, thr rare tan Ix made that we oughl to Thir 15 a phlloroph~caal nd. spc~ttcally. an ethlral prtrprwinn. It IS an ~ndefens!hlen,ot to mrntion anwant. notjon that nnlv humans hase ~nrrm~wic,onh and that all othrr lrvlnr th!ng%have \.due onl, ar Ihw rontrlhutt. to our \\ell-betnl: or rnl~lvmenlTh,. cosmrc provnnrlal!~mma\ well r ne our nenl tor wli+twm and mpnrtanre In a unwerip pronn to fr!ehtcntnr! pn,pnn#on'. and at no d)lwl~hr a\ rwr , \d iup~ort tram certam traditional relqplirw, dortrlnn. But rhrr outlooh 15 lrttl~ marc t h~n ee0i.m ratit~d to I'le \p?#%I e ~ r lC. ontenllmran philo\oph*r I',tet Stnger ha, c.lllt*d I! "i,wi ~cs-t\m.'t'o make thr pnnl that il cmplov\ on thr ~nter-specreslevel the aamf ' Ins~c"as d m raciqm on the human Im,el. It we onrr succeed In puttinr:aside thir maswe pretbd r r a'? can tw own 1 1rnrc~n< l c r Irl r t ~ n ~ 152' nr n.l\t, a moral 01) !y.mun I,, cun,~, !hc <lr?lrdct an 01 t,tnc.r l l i r rornh The caw wa, .trauc~ltn atmplp terms an the la9 crnturv hi t h R~r l t # \wl ~8 d l rPlr)fmPr lrrem! Bentham, on ground, that other animal. lrke us. hase thr cap.>r.lrlt\ to rnlob and 'utter And ~n rrrrnt tlmes. the mur,~al rgunl~nhl a\ I m r l mddc nlnct eloquently hv Aldo Lrolwld, a pn,phc.t or thp mod~rnecologv mnurment. Leopoldnoted that eth~caol I>l~gat~<rn~ anxlnr: human lrtno dc.rl\,r lrom mrrnlxrrl~8p ~n a rommun!l\ <I! ~ntcrdewnrlentj r w n r Rut, araucrl Lrnpnld, rcnrr human. arc lbut rrne rpxles ~n tllr Iarecr communltv ol thc hloiphcre. moral rc>n*tralnt- 'hould Ir ert~nclnIlr\,ond the Ihurnan cornmunlw to ernhr.?ce all il\tnq l+lnr\ C)ot ot I'm pro\\' an '?colnz~c~l ri,ni<fpncc nherrln human. w rhelr role n~ lowrr .IS II>III .~nd ~nnqueror c' t'le ,~nd hut a- pldln r8llzrn It dm, [not tollow trom e~tht-rBentham'< or Lropokl rthccr that wr human* shoulrl never take the I!\?%ot other creatures or never uir thcm inr our benei~t.\\hat tollnwr. rathrr IS that it I, morall, wronp t c ~ racrlttce thr \rldl Intcrert\ ot other animal, ior thr \ale ot *ati'tvtng r~l,~t~icsl\ unlmmrtant human Interest\. Much rrl the pa51 dertructlon o i other Id? has v~oldt~tchll* p r ~ n c ~ p l ~ wlmers the rlauehter ot the b~wn tor tanrur and sku? or t k paswneer ptqeon tk,r Iwd to ratten hopps. A current r l ~ m p l e8s the de.tiurt8on o. rain rorerts In he \Vvt Pacmc and I" (nuth Amprtca H hen the matrv? ts lo lproduce curter or evottc wnndr tor th? aftluent \Ve.t. or tr, (IP~I pawre to produce beet k,r the U 5 last tmd ~ndustrv Pcrhap our maif bttal Tntemt a5 human bP~nx5 18s not ~n rmrtnq the matertnl <tandard\ or lric alone. but ~n thc wprcwon at wch human and humane value' .I% empathy. e t h ~ ,2nd concern for the qualltv ot life. \'clth rpli-tntrrc\t rdrtlnd in th~wr av. we mav tlnd ouwlw\ on the path or lruilful coexistence ~ v ~otuhr t ~ l l o wl l v ~ hne~cnp~ on Earth. llohn Hammend. n ph*l-hv profr>sor at Portland Sraa rlnre 1Ybl. h . l ~ h ~ ~ I OU~ \ ~ \ 80 ~ t h , t rt, l l "~h,loluphs ol rrlleron and lhc. yrh8lo<oph of PC nkm I
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