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    It is not the case that Further trade-offs of intrinsic value derived from naturalness for intrinsic value from other sources can no longer be justified

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    • 1.Bryan Norton's weak anthropocentrism holds that transformed, human-cultivated environments can generate morally significant intrinsic value through long-term preference satisfaction.
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    • 2.If cultivated landscapes generate genuine intrinsic value, the asymmetry the claim posits between naturalness-derived and other intrinsic value is question-begging.
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    • 3.A lexical priority rule favoring naturalness over all other intrinsic value sources requires justification beyond the mere fact of depletion, which the supporting arguments do not supply.
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    • 1.Intrinsic value is not cardinally measurable, so claims about 'critical thresholds' of naturalness-derived value lack coherent mathematical foundations.
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    • 2.Without cardinal measurement, no principled distinction exists between a threshold that prohibits all trade-offs and one that merely demands greater caution.
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    • 1.The reduction of intrinsic value due to depletion of naturalness on earth has reached a critical level
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    • 2.At this level, no further reduction of naturalness-derived intrinsic value can be compensated by intrinsic value generated in any other way, regardless of magnitude
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    • 3.Even a consequentialist framework permits trade-offs of intrinsic value only when compensation is genuinely possible
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