Arne Næss er kjent for alle som en mann med kloke tanker om det meste. Hva mener han om livet, mulighetene man har, leken og ansvaret? Og hva er egentlig virkeligheten? En time med han kan kanskje gi svarene på disse spørsmålene.
French finds Lawrence Johnson's species-ranking scheme helpful: “[A] human by virtue of his or her greater 'complexity' than a dandelion has a "greater interest in life and a higher moral status" (ibid., p. 54).
As the world becomes a single society, with everyone connected to everyone else, movements of social time radiate ever ... philosopher Arne Naess argues that mountains, rivers, and other natural features of Earth are “living beings” ...
Science can describe the world to us, but it cannot tell us about meaning or values. This is a compelling case for breaching this barrier - in effect, for a reunification of science and religion.
These strategies work with, rather than against, human nature. They are social, positive, and simple—making climate-friendly behaviors easy and convenient.
Exploring the role of Norwegian scholar-activists of the late twentieth century, Peder Anker examines how they portrayed their country as a place of environmental stability in a world filled with tension.
The basic thesis of the work is that environmental problems are only to be solved by people - people who will be required to make value judgements in conflicts that go beyond narrowly conceived human concerns.
In this book, author Joanna Macy offers concrete suggestions for just that, showing how each of us can change the attitudes that continue to threaten our environment.
The Selected Works of Arne Naess (SWAN) presents a major overview of Arne Naess’s thinking and provides an extensive collection of this prolific philosopher’s principal writings.
One of the most interesting Jewish philosophers between Antiquity and Renaissance was Moses Maimonides (1135–1206). ... Scientists at least since the nineteenth century have studied the transit of the Greek rational tradition as ...
The normal conditions of reference may be suspended, or no attempt made to make you do anything, as Walt Whitman does not seriously incite the eagle of liberty to soar. (Austin 1962/1975, 104) There it does seem clear that Austin is ...