Benjamin Cain
Feb 7, 2025

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I haven't read him, but I'm familiar with holism and deep ecology. Lent seems to emphasize everything's interconnectedness, whereas I emphasize the wild disparities and autonomies, such as the planets that are divided by the vacuum of outer space. I don't think science alone decides what worldview we should adopt. That would be scientism that discounts the need for philosophical judgment as to what ought to be emphasized in a conceptual simplification.

I'll take a look at his book, though.

For what it's worth, I wrote about deep ecology here:

https://medium.com/grim-tidings/should-we-scale-back-civilization-to-protect-all-terrestrial-life-efc21ec7214c?sk=b9adc297dc4f10f17be42a9098767446

https://medium.com/philosophytoday/the-impudence-of-gardeners-6390f8350387?sk=1c09faa0cbd1475283d94d35b0e45642

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Benjamin Cain
Benjamin Cain

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