Which is more important? One human life or the extinction of an entire species of animal?

Question

What about 100 human lives, or 100 species of animals?

Answer 1

Depends on which human and what species. George Bush or rodents... keep the rats.

Answer 2

The species is more important.

An entire species fills a niche in nature and has a particular purpose. Having an entire species die out in an unnatural way causes severe disruptions to the natural balance of the environment.

I'm not saying the life of all sorts isn't important, but if you're just going to weigh it as far as sheer magnitude, the species of animal has a much bigger impact.

Answer 3

in my opinion 1 human life is worth saving an entire species of animal from extinction.

Answer 4

Nature does not have a will. it fairly is no longer god or something, it fairly is merely the call we provide to the determination of organic and organic and abiotic interactions which take place interior the international. there are a number of outstanding reason to maintain species great and small. at the start all of us comprehend that there are organic and organic tipping factors which as quickly as crossed reason ecosystems to interrupt down, ensuing interior the formation of deserts. Secondly, all of us comprehend that the lack of ability of biodiversity can strengthen the occurrence and unfold of ailments between human beings and our meals components. So we defend species now so as to objective and offset the arriving environmental mess ups we can see in approximately forty-50 years time while there are an further 2-3 billion human beings on the earth. in case you intend to nonetheless be alive in 2050, could be a great concept to start questioning approximately techniques you are able to help defend species now and then issues could no longer be so undesirable down the music.

Answer 5

John 3:16 - “For God loved the world so much that he gave his only-begotten Son, in order that everyone exercising faith in him might not be destroyed but have everlasting life"

Since God sacrificed his only-begotten for us humans then we must be infinitely more important than animals. Animals cannot understand or appreciate spiritual things so Jesus' sacrifice dose not apply to them. Only humans were created in God's image.

Genesis 1:26 - "And God went on to say: “Let us make man in our image, according to our likeness, and let them have in subjection the fish of the sea and the flying creatures of the heavens and the domestic animals and all the earth and every moving animal that is moving upon the earth.”

Answer 6

I dont think you can compare the two at all. Human life is the most valuable certainly, but we have been put in charge of caring for our planet and its other inhabitants also so if we take action that hurts them, we are in the wrong.

Answer 7

All life is important to our Creator. Jesus said that although a sparrow may seem valueless to us, "not one of them will fall to the ground without YOUR Father’s knowledge" However he went on to say "YOU are worth more than many sparrows" Matthew 10:31
Human life is sacred because man is the only fleshly creature created in God's own image, that is, with his capacity for love and wisdom, sense of justice, and ability to use our limited power for good among other desirable qualities. Even in our imperfect state, we still have these qualities in varying degrees. (Genesis 1:27)

Answer 8

100 human lives. we're in this as a species. though, i'm not opposed to it if you want to declare yourself a cat or something. lol.

Answer 9

Depends on the species, and the human:

My life vs. all the mosquitoes? Voting for for myself on this one.

Dick Cheney vs. the last of the pandas? Sorry, Dick...

Answer 10

I would say an entire species.

We are talking extinction, people. Get a clue.