The reason I think that concept is important is because I think the idea that humans are "better" or even more special than other life, combined with the notion that the earth is ours to do with as we please, is extremely destructive. Not just to other life and the earth, but to ourselves. We need to have some kind of self regulation, where we go, oh yeah, we shouldn't cut down that whole forest before we think about what the long term consequences might be.
“Eternity is a terrible thought. I mean, where's it going to end?”
― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
