Arne Naess and Deep Ecology
4/17/19
Abigail Reed
A Norwegian philosopher named Arne Naess in 1972 coined the idea of deep ecology. This idea came about when people began to stress the need to move beyond superficial responses to social and ecological problems. Deep ecology is said to be a holistic approach to facing world problems that brings together thinking, feeling, action, and spirituality.
Naess’ platform includes seven precepts that are based off of the four directions one should follow in deep ecology as well. The first precept is to reject the man-in-environment image, which is when people don’t feel apart of nature but simple just in it. The second is the concept of bio spherical egalitarianism, which states that killing, exploitation, and suppression are unavoidable realities and the right to life of all being is clear. Next are the principles of diversity and symbioses. In these principles there is a need to recognize both inter- and intra-species differences, which further shows the connectedness of all life. The fourth precept is the idea that the exploiter lives differently from the exploited and both are affected in the potential for self-realization. The next teaching is to expand the fight against pollution and resource depletion around the world. In this teaching one must address the environmental issues in relation to their impacts on all aspects of life, non-sentient and sentient. The sixth principle is to recognize what makes social existence complex instead of looking at it as complicated. The final precept is autonomy and decentralization, which favors non-hierarchical connections between individuals and systems.
Abigail Reed
A Norwegian philosopher named Arne Naess in 1972 coined the idea of deep ecology. This idea came about when people began to stress the need to move beyond superficial responses to social and ecological problems. Deep ecology is said to be a holistic approach to facing world problems that brings together thinking, feeling, action, and spirituality.
Naess’ platform includes seven precepts that are based off of the four directions one should follow in deep ecology as well. The first precept is to reject the man-in-environment image, which is when people don’t feel apart of nature but simple just in it. The second is the concept of bio spherical egalitarianism, which states that killing, exploitation, and suppression are unavoidable realities and the right to life of all being is clear. Next are the principles of diversity and symbioses. In these principles there is a need to recognize both inter- and intra-species differences, which further shows the connectedness of all life. The fourth precept is the idea that the exploiter lives differently from the exploited and both are affected in the potential for self-realization. The next teaching is to expand the fight against pollution and resource depletion around the world. In this teaching one must address the environmental issues in relation to their impacts on all aspects of life, non-sentient and sentient. The sixth principle is to recognize what makes social existence complex instead of looking at it as complicated. The final precept is autonomy and decentralization, which favors non-hierarchical connections between individuals and systems.
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