This can be seen as handing over the responsibility to god for making sure that no species will go extinct, and that any destruction done by mankind will be fixed by god. In relation to an ecological conscience, ascribing to god prevents a developed conscience towards natural beings, due to the reliance placed on god. McKinnon specifically mentions Thomas Jefferson sending Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to find mammoths in the American West, “[a]s proof that the Christian god would not allow any of his flock to disappear from earth” (28). This example showing how even the most influential personalities were ascribing to god as a form of denial. The need for abolishing our dependence on god is crucial in order to understand the need for our care to the other species that inhabit the planet and is an obstruction in developing an ecological conscience and a Leopoldian land
This can be seen as handing over the responsibility to god for making sure that no species will go extinct, and that any destruction done by mankind will be fixed by god. In relation to an ecological conscience, ascribing to god prevents a developed conscience towards natural beings, due to the reliance placed on god. McKinnon specifically mentions Thomas Jefferson sending Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to find mammoths in the American West, “[a]s proof that the Christian god would not allow any of his flock to disappear from earth” (28). This example showing how even the most influential personalities were ascribing to god as a form of denial. The need for abolishing our dependence on god is crucial in order to understand the need for our care to the other species that inhabit the planet and is an obstruction in developing an ecological conscience and a Leopoldian land