side of the world we see many Native American religions based on sacredness of nature.In addition, we have the naturalists. All throughout history we have people writing about the virtues of nature. Japan had poets who were exalted for writing haiku about the natural world. Aristotle wrote about the perfect forms found in nature. And recently, we had people like John Muir who described scenes of awesome beauty.So what is it about nature that we value so highly? It is hard to pinpoint natures intrinsic value. One definite part of value is the aesthetics. Nature is beautiful. Most people agree to this statement. We covet gardens around our houses and build parks in our cities to keep them from becoming too sterile. Houses and apartments with views are considered status symbols. People swarm to National Parks yearly. We value the natural resources. A market value is given to these resources ranging from fossil fuels to food. Our survival depends on theses resources. Even items that are not on the market like the air we breathe. Scientists have shown a dramatic increase of the number of asthmatics in urban areas where the air is very polluted. One of our most basic things we value is our own lives.Distribution of resources To find the method of distribution, we have to define the relationship between nature and humans. The options are that we are equals, nature controls us, or we control nature. Although we do not have complete control over our surroundings, it is undeniable that we so have a certain powers over nature. We can call it human nature to dominate our surroundings and to adapt the surroundings to fit our needs instead of adapting ourselves to our surroundings. Nature throw in the occasional disaster like flood, earthquake, tornado, but we even have ways of limiting those affects too. As caretakers, we must try to do what is best for the environment. If we go on the basis of productivity how would we judge ...
