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Mammals. --- Mammals, Fossil. --- Extinct animals.

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Nature conservation. --- Ecology. --- Endangered species. --- Extinct animals.

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Artists --- Cave dwellers in art. --- Extinct animals in art. --- Biography. --- Knight, C. R.

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We are currently facing the sixth mass extinction of species in the history of life on Earth, biologists claim-the first one caused by humans. Activists, filmmakers, writers, and artists are seeking to bring the crisis to the public's attention through stories and images that use the strategies of elegy, tragedy, epic, and even comedy. Imagining Extinction is the first book to examine the cultural frameworks shaping these narratives and images. Ursula K. Heise argues that understanding these stories and symbols is indispensable for any effective advocacy on behalf of endangered species. More than that, she shows how biodiversity conservation, even and especially in its scientific and legal dimensions, is shaped by cultural assumptions about what is valuable in nature and what is not. These assumptions are hardwired into even seemingly neutral tools such as biodiversity databases and laws for the protection of endangered species. Heise shows that the conflicts and convergences of biodiversity conservation with animal welfare advocacy, environmental justice, and discussions about the Anthropocene open up a new vision of multispecies justice. Ultimately, Imagining Extinction demonstrates that biodiversity, endangered species, and extinction are not only scientific questions but issues of histories, cultures, and values.

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This book is about the philosophy of de-extinction. To make an extinct species ‘de-extinct’ is to resurrect it by creating new organisms of the same, or similar, appearance and genetics. The book describes current attempts to resurrect three species, the aurochs, woolly mammoth and passenger pigeon. It then investigates two major philosophical questions such projects throw up. These are the Authenticity Question—‘will the products of de-extinction be authentic members of the original species?’—and the Ethical Question—‘is de-extinction something that should be done?' The book surveys and critically evaluates a raft of arguments for and against the authenticity or de-extinct organisms, and for and against the ethical legitimacy of de-extinction. It concludes, first, that authentic de-extinctions are actually possible, and second, that de-extinction can potentially be ethically legitimate, especially when deployed as part of a ‘freeze now and resurrect later’ conservation strategy. .

Extinct animals --- Genetics. --- Cloning. --- Extirpated animals --- Extirpated species --- Locally extinct animals --- Locally extinct species --- Animals --- Extinction (Biology) --- Philosophy of nature. --- Bioethics. --- Biology-Philosophy. --- Animal genetics. --- Philosophy of Nature. --- Philosophy of Biology. --- Animal Genetics and Genomics. --- Genetics --- Biology --- Biomedical ethics --- Life sciences --- Life sciences ethics --- Science --- Nature --- Nature, Philosophy of --- Natural theology --- Moral and ethical aspects --- Philosophy --- Biology—Philosophy.