Lifeboat ethics says that when there is a struggle for existence its not possible to save all species. However Midgley disagrees she feels that we don't have to live in a life boat because resources are changing everyday. I disagree with both theories. We can not save all species. Some species were not meant to survive. Humans should not play God and decide which species will survive. If humans start conserving their resources and creating new ones more species will survive. I feel that many people forget that humans out number many species. Humans use more resource than animals. We are a dominate specie. And if it came down to it humans will save themselves over animals. We need to live in harmony with other species. When we use our resources we need to think how it is going to affect other species. Midgley does make a good point if we were using other resources. Until humans make the switch to other resources I feel many species will die out.
I agree with Maggie that humans need to be more conscientious about resource consumption and its effect on other species. I think that one of the major problems is that we put everything into time frames. For example, we have a time frame of using fossil fuels until it irreversibly changes the environment to the point that we have no way of fixing it as well as how long until they run out. Time frames allow us to put off changes to new, more environmentally safe resources. We do not stop and think about our uses are harming other species now. We only think in terms of how long we have until it is too harmful for humans. If we only think in terms of human interests we will have a rude awakening when animals that we need for natural processes die from our impact.
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