Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Shahada, Gaia Hypothesis, Sayyid Qutb
9 Dec 2015
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Political science 1020e lecture #25 -- ecologism, radical islamism, and the. Time horizons how far ahead we have to think in deciding what we have to do. If we want to save the earth we need to sacrifice now, so others benefit later. The impossibility of reciprocity the problem is that we are not in a relationship of reciprocity with the people who don"t exist year. Environmental collective action everyone has an incentive to free ride like with street lights. Tragedy of the commons the need to enforce collective solutions. Shared goals, different means the goal is to save the planet no matter what. Anthropocentric human centric view/ethic use of natural environment (we should save the whales so that we can view them) Deep ecology bio centric see the natural environment itself because it has value. Religious or spiritual greens: gaia hypothesis mother earth: the earth itself is god-like. Political strategies: traditional politics, direct action.
