The Ark in Space is a work of political philosophy, set in the
context of man's exploitation of planet Earth to fulfil his various
needs. The work offers a hypothesis - that planet Earth has a
finite capacity to sustain man's manipulation of his environment as
he pursues his inexorable drive to enrich himself. On the basis of
this hypothesis the work suggests that the political consequences
of planet Earth only having a finite productive capacity relative
to what man may desire in terms of its output has implications that
entail revisiting and reappraising the ideals of liberty, equality
and fraternity. The hypothesis in order to resonate employs a
metaphor designed to encapsulate the suggested finite ability of
planet Earth to accommodate the ever increasing demands that man
places upon it to facilitate the 'good life'. The metaphor
envisages Earth as an Ark in Space. It is designed to condense our
thinking about the ability of the planet to sustain man's
manipulation of it to suit his consumptive needs. Planet Earth, the
Ark in Space is the common good which must be sustained through
combined and concerted fraternal action, driven by a philosophy of
conservation as opposed to consumption.
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