PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Rachel Carson, Essentialism, Pastoralism

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Myriam Mongrain

Document Summary

Nats 1510 a summer 2015 lecture 1. Environmental movement as a failure by its own standards. Environmentalism a broad movement: preservation: defending the wilderness preserve what we have- don"t cut trees", conservation: maintaining natural resources for long-term use lets not use too much, pastoralism: living a more rustic, simple, or back-to-nature lifestyle. Nature is for our benefit (pragmatic view) to build houses , nature is valuable in and of itself (essentialist view) don"t cut trees, let find another way inherited . Environmental concern- philosophical or aesthetic, nature is beautiful and inherently valuable, emotion, not reason, protection. Modern concern, mid-to-late 20th century, government and industry, universities, experts, ecologists, environmental management how much is safe? set limits on consumption. Environmental movement and ecologists, scientific, quantitative analysis. Silent spring by rachel carson, pesticides and chemicals, statistics and quantitative analysis. Science challenging industry and government on their own terms.