Preserving Wilderness against Human Needs

There are different types of people in the world. There are those who love nature and would do anything to preserve it and there are those who ignore nature and are primarily concerned with human needs and desires. John Muir is one of those who love nature and will do whatever it takes to protect it. He is known as America's most influential naturalist. Muir is a supporter of an ecocentric philosophical prospective. His love …

…wind turbines. In his opinion, wilderness was created by humans. He believes that preserving nature is not only pointless, but also ecologically counterproductive. He would be one of those who would say "...I think it's a fascinating technology,...and that lots of people will go there to see them..." In my opinion, Cronon does not care about wilderness because he believes it was human creation and that they can do anything they want with it.