Callender, Craig (2021) On the Horns of a Dilemma: Let the Northern White Rhino Vanish or Intervene? [Preprint]
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Abstract
Two females, Nadine and Fatu, are the sole surviving Northern White Rhinos (NWR). The subspecies is functionally extinct. Hope for NWR now lies in emerging reproductive and genetic technologies, which could potentially produce NWR from induced pluripotent stem cells. What is the rationale for this project? This question raises almost every philosophical issue facing conservation science today. I argue that NWR recovery is hard to justify via many traditional paths (e.g., historical fidelity, ecosystem health, biodiversity), but if we orient our focus on white rhinos in general or even mammals then clear benefits emerge.
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Item Type: | Preprint | ||||||
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Additional Information: | Forthcoming in Ethics, Policy and Environment | ||||||
Keywords: | rhino; conservation; ethics; environment; biodiversity; stem cells; ecosystem; | ||||||
Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Biology > Ecology/Conservation Specific Sciences > Environmental Science General Issues > Ethical Issues General Issues > Science and Policy |
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Depositing User: | Craig Callender | ||||||
Date Deposited: | 28 Jul 2021 02:57 | ||||||
Last Modified: | 28 Jul 2021 02:57 | ||||||
Item ID: | 19377 | ||||||
Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Biology > Ecology/Conservation Specific Sciences > Environmental Science General Issues > Ethical Issues General Issues > Science and Policy |
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Date: | 27 July 2021 | ||||||
URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/19377 |
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