ong animal rights views of Singer and Regan, which were published earlier than his work.Nature is like a living museum of natural history, and we value the intrinsic value therein, which teaches us about evolutionary ecosystems. Holmes Rolston also states that no culture develops independent of the environment in which it exists, and our value of nature depends on our experience in it. There are no rights in nature and suffering is a part of life. Nature is harsh, carnivores kill, and animals do not have a claim to be spared the pains of being devoured by a stronger animal. Predation prevents overpopulation and we should not meddle with natural selection and the suffering therein.Rolston feels we must recognize the difference between tender sentiment about how we feel the world should be and the more realistic and tough reality of how it really is. Nature is not a moral agent and we should not expect it to imitate our inter-human conduct. However, nature is a satisfactory fit for its inhabitants and, as Rolston states we endorse a painful good. He suggests an ethical view which urges humans not to cause suffering beyond what nature would cause where those animals reside in the environment. Suffering is a normal feature of sentient life in the ecosystem.Rolston states that human superiority is not groundless prejudice. However, with that superiority comes the responsibility that we need to value animals in their original ecology and not inflict unnecessary pain....
