PHLB02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Deep Ecology, Environmental Ethics, Quilting
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When your choosing a topic, readings relevant to topic, goal is not to summarize reading, pick one or two and work with them. He developed a hybrid of philosophical ethics and ecology view. Instead of thinking of man and environment, it"s a matter of what pops out in your mind first. What is the deep ecology movement: we look at background first instead of individual members. Having experiences in nature is one of the great goods of human life. Biospehric: requires you to go out and spend time in nature. Diversity: thinks diversity is going to be important for stability. Idea that people have that you need to change ideas before you change your practises. However, he says that it is the practise you need to change. He emphasizes the importance of nature as part of the good life. At the top what is considered people"s world views (budhist)
