Read the Primary reading: Paul Taylor, Respect for Nature, : The Biocentric Outlook on Nature.
Our textbook Sustainability does not refer to Paul Taylor or biocentrism explicitly. This week you may be flexible in this, your main post. If you would like to apply a biocentrism to a particular case study or topic that you find, feel free to do that. Or, you may watch the video in the Lesson for the week and critique Garry Deweese's summary and critique of Paul Taylor and biocentrism.
Write a post of 250+ words about this topic, and support it with source material.
Read the Primary reading: Paul Taylor, Respect for Nature, : The Biocentric Outlook on Nature (69p).
Write about 200 words of philosophical reflection on the reading, from one or more aspect - reason, emotion, or physical activity.
Read: Greta Gaard, Ecofeminism, : Linking Theory and Practice (57p)
Special Note: You do not need to refer to a particular case study or topic this week. In your initial 250+ word post, critique the environmental ethic of ecofeminism. Also, describe what you think the relationship should be between theory and practice in environmental ethics. At the end of our course, would you consider yourself optimistic or pessimistic or realistic regarding the future global environment?
Greta Gaard, Ecofeminism, : Linking Theory and Practice (57p)
Write about 200 words of philosophical reflection on the reading, from one or more aspect - reason, emotion, or physical activity.