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Effective environmentalism and ecomodernism
This Earth Day is a good opportunity to answer a question that some people asked me: what is the difference between my environmentalist views and ecomodernism? We can generate new insights by looking at the correspondences and differences. What is … Lees verder
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Tags: biodiversity, climate, ecomodernism, effective environmentalism, GMO, organic food
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Why naturalness is irrational and harmful
In the environmental and natural health movements, people value naturalness. However, from a rational-philosophical perspective, this notion of naturalness doesn’t make much sense: it is arbitrary and not well-defined. Second, from an ethical perspective, preferring naturalness is often harmful: it … Lees verder
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Tags: animal rights, climate, effective environmentalism, environment, GMO, health, moral illusions, organic food, rational ethics, science, wild animal suffering
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Being rational about organic food
In this article I summarize the most striking facts that led me to the following conclusions: 1) that, from an average consumer point of view, buying organic food is not clearly better nor worse than non-organic food in terms of … Lees verder
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Tags: effective environmentalism, environment, GMO, organic food, science
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