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9 - California Conflicts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 November 2024

Dale Jamieson
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New York University
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This chapter focuses on three case studies from California that provide a laboratory for investigating value conflicts. One case involves feral goats and endemic plants on San Clemente Island. What initially presents as a textbook conflict between sentientism and biocentrism turns out to engage a host of other values. A second case concerns tule elk and cattle in Point Reyes National Seashore. A variety of values are in play, but the primary conflict is between an endangered species and a population of animals that humans use for food. The third case involves Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep and mountain lions. Both of these species have depleted populations and restricted ranges due to human action, and both are under intensive management. Their interests conflict and humans cannot remove themselves from the conflict.

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Ethics and the Environment
An Introduction
, pp. 180 - 197
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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  • California Conflicts
  • Dale Jamieson, New York University
  • Book: Ethics and the Environment
  • Online publication: 29 November 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108992053.010
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  • California Conflicts
  • Dale Jamieson, New York University
  • Book: Ethics and the Environment
  • Online publication: 29 November 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108992053.010
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  • California Conflicts
  • Dale Jamieson, New York University
  • Book: Ethics and the Environment
  • Online publication: 29 November 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108992053.010
Available formats
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