31 January, 2012

Understanding ecological ethics


by Robert McLean
Tim Madigan
Reading a piece entitled “Ecological ethics” in the latest edition of Philosophy Now by Tim Madigan helped me understand why so many are troubled by the complexities of climate change.

It seems than many are not yet open and true believers of evolution and however slim or remote their belief in creation might be, it is for many a more comfortable position.
Madigan said:

“The debate about sustainability is intimately connected with evolutionary understanding of life. If one does not recognise the interconnectedness and fragility of life, then one’s moral framework will likely lack a commitment to sustainability”.

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