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17 Cards in this Set
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What is the premise or main question of the article? |
For whom are we managing wildlife? |
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What are the 2 historical philosophies of wildlife management? |
1. Protogora's Principle that man is the measure of all things and we manage it for society 2. Our allegiance is to the resource |
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Who was the Greek philosopher that articulated man is the root of all things? |
Protagoras |
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What biblical passage claims man has dominion over the earth? |
Genesis 1:26 |
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What was the dominant philosophy of early European settlers? |
We manage for society - man is the measure of all things |
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How long was the philosophy held that we must tame nature? |
250 years |
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By what year had we closed the frontier? |
1890 |
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What circumstance made Americans question the old philosophy? |
Poor working conditions and poverty - they missed simpler times |
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What new philosophy emerged in the late 1800's? |
Nature has inherent beauty and spiritual value |
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What popular journal published an article in 1873 that illustrated the new philosophy toward wildlife? |
Forest and Stream |
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What time period did the new philosophy emerge? |
Antebellum |
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Name 2 writers of the Antebellum period who viewed nature in spiritual terms |
Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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Who developed the land ethic philosophy? |
Aldo Leopold |
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What is the issue with managing "for the resource"? |
"the resource" means different things to different people - how do we decide which resources to prioritize? Managing for one resource may damage another resource. |
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What is the 3rd philosophy? |
Fiduciary responsibility |
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What is the fiduciary responsibility? |
We have an obligation to future generations |
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What are the 2 tenets of the fiduciary responsibility? |
1. we must pass along resources and refrain from causing irreparable damage 2. must manage it so it produces the greatest good for the greatest number of people |
