Population evolution birth-control : A college of controversial readings
Divergent beliefs about humanity's relationship to nature collide as the second millenium ends. One belief emphasizes that the distinctive characteristic of humans-reason-enables them to reshape and master nature. Another insists that nature is not so plastic, hence humans must adapt to nature...
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San Francisco
W. H. Freeman
1969
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| Thư viện lưu trữ: | Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Cần Thơ |
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| Özet: | Divergent beliefs about humanity's relationship to nature collide as the second millenium ends. One belief emphasizes that the distinctive characteristic of humans-reason-enables them to reshape and master nature. Another insists that nature is not so plastic, hence humans must adapt to nature and render development sustainable, or even limit growth. "Social ecology" asserts that environmental problems result from institutional hierarchies and suggests decentralized institutions and egalitarian ethics. According to "deep ecology" such problems originate in cultures assuming only humans are worthwhile, thus it stresses the intrinsic value of nature. Feminists are torn between values based on the equality of men and women and ecofeminist values postulating that women are inherently closer to nature than men. Rationality and Nature critically assesses these conflicting cultural tendencies. |
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