Yes, it does kind of depend on “worth more to whom?”. To the 10-billionth human’s mother, no way. The aggregate worth to all humans who benefit in some small way from the existence of spotted owls, maybe.
If you took a vote, most of those humans still might say no (because who knows if the next vote will be whether they themselves are worth less than the last of some species of shrew).
Yes, it does kind of depend on “worth more to whom?”. To the 10-billionth human’s mother, no way. The aggregate worth to all humans who benefit in some small way from the existence of spotted owls, maybe.
If you took a vote, most of those humans still might say no (because who knows if the next vote will be whether they themselves are worth less than the last of some species of shrew).