If you want to follow these concepts, especially towards “truth” then empirical defining is important. Life is qualified very differently—in human terms in QUALS—quality in and over time; animals potentially as a biomass including sentience %; ecosystems have not yet been empirically evaluated. Despite the discomfort of defining “value” in this way, unless we do so priorities cannot be made and only apportioned according to biases and beliefs. Equally if we want true “impact” this needs to be empirically given.
If you want to follow these concepts, especially towards “truth” then empirical defining is important. Life is qualified very differently—in human terms in QUALS—quality in and over time; animals potentially as a biomass including sentience %; ecosystems have not yet been empirically evaluated. Despite the discomfort of defining “value” in this way, unless we do so priorities cannot be made and only apportioned according to biases and beliefs. Equally if we want true “impact” this needs to be empirically given.