Community Quote by Land ethic

I have purposely presented the land ethic as a product of social evolution because nothing so important as an ethic is ever 'written'… It…

— Aldo Leopold

All ethics so far evolved rest upon a single premise: that the individual is a member of a community of interdependent parts. . .…

— Aldo Leopold

“[The idea] of an environmental ethic runs contrary to our cultural tradition.”

— John Livingston. from "One Cosmic Moment

A land ethic...reflects the existence of an ecological conscience, and this in turn reflects a conviction of individual responsibility for the health of the…

— Aldo Leopold

My favorite quote: The land ethic simply enlarges the boundaries of the community to include soils, waters, plants, and animals, or collectively: the land...…

— Aldo Leopold

“Examine each question in terms of what is ethically and aesthetically right, as well as what is economically expedient. A thing is right when…

— Aldo Leopold

“Cultivate an environment fertile for good habits to flourish”

— Money Tree Man

The most profound and serious indication of the moral implications underlying the ecological problem is the lack of respect for life evident in many…

— Pope John Paul II

The real nature of an ethic is that it does not become an ethic unless and until it goes into action.

— Margaret Halsey

“That land is a community is the basic concept of ecology, but that land is to be loved and respected is an extension of…

— Aldo Leopold

Ethics, like natural selection, make existence possible. Aesthetics, like sensual selection, make life lovely and wonderful, fill it with new forms, and give it…

— Oscar Wilde

Consider the willful scorching of the earth, over-fishing, wasteful hunting, excessive and dangerous recycling of resources, and other similar "injustices" against the ways of…

— Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople