Positing intrinsic value in ecosystems introduces ontological commitments that are empirically unmotivated and generate irresolvable conflicts when ecosystems change or collapse naturally.

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Empirically unmotivated(in philosophy of science and epistemology): Not supported by actual evidence or real-world observations; there's no practical reason to believe it based on what we can observe.
Epistemology / Empirical(as used in philosophy of science): Based on observation, measurement, and evidence from the real world rather than pure logic or theory. An empirical claim is one you could test by looking at actual facts.
intrinsic value(Callicott (1980) in contrast to individualistic environmental ethics): Value possessed in and of itself, not derived from contribution to something else; in Callicott's holism, attributed exclusively to the biotic community as a whole rather than to individual organisms
ontological commitments(Quine's conception as applied to our best global theory): The demands that the truth of our total theory imposes on the world.

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