ANTC61H3 Lecture 8: IDSB06 Lecture 8.pdf
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We"re not looking at specific environmental issues --> we want to examine the underpinnings between humans and the non - human world. Wb yeats: poet; jr tolkien: lotr; cs lewis: narnia. Commonality: bringing in fantasy --> writing as a part of a secret intellectual society (inklings). They were lamenting the end of a time when society was inspired by what was not real (especially the natural world). There wa s an ontological separation between humans and the natural world. The idea of an enchantment, a deeper mysterious relationshp between humans non- human world was disappearing. In fact, in traditional societies, these non - human entities have rights that are often codified in law. The idea behind environmental ethics is the fundamental ontological rela tionship bteween humans and the natural world, and identifying the ideas of hierarchy and domination. Leopold: wrote a critique of the human, non- human relationship.
