Does our planet have intrinsic value? Just by existing should we consider it on a moral level? That's the big question isn't it? If we knew the answer then we wouldn't have this class. If a being with a higher conscious such as ourselves did not exist on this world to place value on everything and saying what's what would the plants and animals still be morally considered because they have value within themselves. But if beings of a higher conscious weren't there to give everything that label then would they be? It's a paradox and I don't like it. You would think after we took a semester of this class I would be more decisive in what I think but really I just talk in circles about it.

When we watched Wall-e for class and seeing the destruction of the earth via over consumption and pollution I was reminded why I wanted to become an environmentalist. But all the planet needed is one person (or one robot) to make a difference. Wal-e kept on cleaning up, even though everything seemed hopeless. The difference is we still have a green planet that we can take care of. I believe that it was morally wrong of the humans to leave earth and have it be someone else's problem. We have to make it our problem because it's the planet we live on and we only have one. They destroyed earth and abandoned it. The people on the ship did not change their lifestyle, they were still consuming at an alarming rate. They really have to work and change their lifestyle so that the generations to come.