Destruction is a human act requiring a witness, not a natural event.

Evidence

In this connection, the following dialogue sums up the situation of the individual: “For what purpose, may I ask, do the gas chambers exist?”—“For what purpose were you born?” It is this third group of the totally innocent who in every case fare the worst in the camps. Criminals and politicals are assimilated to this category; thus deprived of the protective distinction that comes of their having done something, they are utterly exposed to the arbitrary. — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 1008 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Having done something protects against the worst arbitrary destruction — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 1008; Environmental harm is a product of human activity carrying a moral obligation

Broader Connections

• Having done something protects against the worst arbitrary destruction #complicates (0.75) — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 1008
• Environmental harm is a product of human activity carrying a moral obligation #complicates (0.72)