Environmentalism
12 important questions on Environmentalism
What are differences between environmentalism and ecologism in the way they see nature?
Ecologism -> nature as an ecosystem in balance and harmony
Why do our values go back and forth and back again when thinking about environmentalism and ecologism?
- but can we reject intrinsic value -> might believe that nature has an intrinsic value if we think about it
- but can we really embrace instrumental value?
- in politics, we look for compromises -> we are looking for positions in between the two extremes
What is sustainability according to Brundtland?
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What are dubious points about Brundtlands idea of sustainability?
- non-identity problem
- individual vs. Collective responsibility for future generations -> but the responsibility for procreation lies within the future
- environmentalist bias -> it takes nature as a research
What is sustainability in living in harmony with nature?
What do defenders of the anthropocene argue?
What are examples of green political thought that are about ecologism?
- Bioregionalism -> political institutions should be based on natural boarders of ecosystems
- Eco-anarchism
- Eco-authoritarian -> environmental problems cannot be solved in the four years that a political party/politician is in power
What are examples of green political thought that are about environmentalism?
- green republicanism
- green liberalism
- three monotheisms and stewardship
What are the solutions for the collective choice problem in environmentalism, as proposed by Garrett Hardin?
- Hobbesian authoritarianism
- socialism
What does Lynn White argue about the problem of global warming and climate problems?
What are some general solution strategies for climate problems?
- supply -> increasing the supply of natural resources, more efficiency when producing technology and sanctity of ownership rights -> Locke's proviso
- demand -> fair trade, but it would interfere with things as life and groups and preferences and population size
What critique do critiques of the anthropocene argue about collectively changing the world?
- politicization of science, scientization of politics?
- capitalocene -> humans are the victims of their economic system
- the anthroposophy -> as if we are all collectively to blame for what is wrong with the planet
- fallibility of earth science -> designers are too naive of the use
- reflective rationality and democracy -> anthropocene offers too little views for the mainstream
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