The way I understand ethical holism is that it focuses not on certain individuals, but rather on the bigger picture. The welfare of the species overall is what matters. If an individual is killed and as a consequence no harm is done to the species itself, then killing can be justified. Maintaining the species is important and crucial in order for our planet’s ecology to prosper and a death of single individual might not seem so significant, unless the species is endangered. I think that’s where the problem comes, as Callicott mentions in his essay, that the individual, who is the part of species that is in danger, should be granted higher consideration than those who are not. This kind of thinking makes us prioritize endangered species and
