Re: CHAT: Religion, Philosophy & Politics

Jonathan Chang wrote:


> In a message dated 2000/04/30 05:18:29 PM, Nik wrote:
>
> >Who are "terra-ists"?  As for the Environment, I consider myself a
> >"pragmatic environmentalist".  That is, Humans are first, we need the
> >environment in a healthy state, therefore, it should be protected.  But
> >long-term good of humanity is the first priority for me.  That's not to
> >say I think the environment has no value in and of itself, it does, but
> >I'm definitely "Earth Second", so to speak.
> >
>     ::wry grin:: Interesting case of species-centrism. It is so
unfortunate
> that
> certain worldviews (esp'ly European) tend to see humanity as separate &
above
> the rest of "Creation." To rank things according to priorities is also
> symptomatic of the "Aristotlean dis-ease."
>     IMHO any loss is tragic... but yes that's life. But WHY support
further
> exploitation & destruction by one's silence or active investment(s)?
Aye, here also. But still, earth-first for me isn't political, seeing as one
of the most important goddesses for me is Erce, goddess of the earth.
There's also a pagan chant used in the US: "the earth is our mother, we must
take care of her", which I think is something western society should think
about a lot.

Dan

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