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Is it ethical to eradicate certain harmful species?

Summary by Futurity
Using screwworms, mosquitoes, and invasive rodents as case studies, a team of researchers argues that deliberate full extinction of harmful species is acceptable, but only rarely. Under what conditions would it be right—or is it never acceptable—to eliminate a harmful species from our planet? That’s what researchers, including Clare Palmer, a professor of philosophy from Texas A&M University, explore in a study in Science. In the study, research…

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Futurity broke the news in on Monday, June 23, 2025.
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