It’s often assumed in work on wild animal welfare/suffering that biodiversity and ecosystem protection are poor heuristics for representing the best interests of individual animals. Just because a system is diverse doesn’t necessarily mean the individuals are suffering more or less.
It’s often assumed in work on wild animal welfare/suffering that biodiversity and ecosystem protection are poor heuristics for representing the best interests of individual animals. Just because a system is diverse doesn’t necessarily mean the individuals are suffering more or less.
Many relevant essays by Brian Tomasik on his site. Here’s one example https://reducing-suffering.org/medicine-vs-deep-ecology/