International Journal of Applied Philosophy

Volume 28, Issue 2, Fall 2014

Jane Duran
Pages 267-276

Mono Lake
Preservation of Rare Environments

An argument is made for the preservation of certain regions simply on the basis of their uniqueness, without reference to other qualities. The Mono Lake region of Northern California is taken as exemplary, and the work of Tierney, Stimson, and Carle is cited.