According to the anthropocentric (or human-oriented) ethic of Baxter and others,
A) environmental preservation is inherently valuable.
B) the Grand Canyon is valuable only because people care about it.
C) we have a strong, almost absolute obligation to preserve species from extinction.
D) future people have no interests that we need to respect now.
E) nature has value in and of itself, apart from human beings.

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According to Baxter and other anthropocentric ethicists, the value of nature is determined by its usefulness or value to humans. Therefore, the Grand Canyon, for example, is only valuable because people care about it and because it provides economic or recreational benefits to humans. This perspective disregards the intrinsic value of nature itself, independent of human needs and desires.

According to the Anthropocentric (Or Human-Oriented) Ethic of Baxter and Others