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Assignment:
1. What are some challenges would be in collaborating and communicating with this?
2. What are some strategies for how could "build a bridge" with groups with this different orientation?
3. How would approach a communication challenge with this who has different attributes and values than others?
Based on the views I have on wildlife and related topics; I resonate most with the pluralist stance. I was raised by two survival-driven parents, who's top priorities were to ensure the safety of their children, to teach them how to honor love itself and the souls we share it with, and to defend ourselves against the varying threats that would surely come our way in life. My mother and father thought it best to be prepared for the worst while remaining hopeful for the best. This being so, I can see how the pluralist title fits me most accurately. I have developed a "healthy fear" of the unknown, be it a wild animal or a stranger, yet I also share the sentiment of an optimist who believes that people are inherently good, and that they can make decisions that benefit themselves while not harming others.
I come from a southern Baptist family of fishermen and deer hunters. Each year my grandfather and older cousins would go out fishing and bring their catches back to the family home for the younger cousins like me to scale and clean in preparation of another one of my grandmother's legendary fish fries. Fishing and hunting were never introduced to me as something "sinful," shameful, or against God's will. It never occurred to me that biodiversity could be lost, that overfishing could occur, or that hunting for food could be considered unethical. It was simply our means of survival.
I believe pluralists in environmental roles are common. These are the people who realize that fishing and hunting will likely be done until the end of days, but there are parameters we can put in place to ensure that the natural flow of life is not disrupted by man's practices and customs. This ability to view a problem from more than one perspective is beneficial in environmental decision-making.