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American Indian's Ethical Views

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American Indian’s believe that we should put our planet and the living things that are on it at just as high or nearly as high as ourselves. Most of the ethical theories we study today put humans and their needs above everything. We care more about making money than anything else and do it in a way that kills living things, takes away their ecosystems, and pollutes the earth with bad fumes and trash. American Indian’s believe that all things have moral status and should be respected. They believe we should only kill or harm an animal for reasons of survival and keeping the circle of life in motion, but today we do way beyond that. Most people have little to no respect for animals or our earth because it simply isn 't important to them and they

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