According to Leapold, the land ethic is based on symbiosis (a relationship of mutual benefit or dependence). He asserts that ethics are a part of the ecological evolution. The first ethic deals with individuals (the Golden Rule). The second ethic is a land relation based on what humans can get from the land (strictly economic). The land-relation ethic evolved into the ecology of the human environment.
Leopold maintains that "land as a community" will steer the future course of events. He argues that the only way this will come about is through education, and responsibility of the landowner. The paradigm of conservation based solely on economic terms will continue to falter. Loepold refers to the land ecology as a "biotic pyramid" which releases energy, whereby population density is actually viewed as a positive instead of a negative. A "revolt against these modern trends" is necessary for the land ethnic to continue evolving.
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