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How to Think Seriously about the Planet - The Case for an Environmental Conservatism (Paperback)
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How to Think Seriously about the Planet - The Case for an Environmental Conservatism (Paperback)
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The environment has long been the undisputed territory of the
political Left, which casts international capitalism, consumerism,
and the over-exploitation of natural resources as the principle
threats to the planet, and sees top-down interventions as the most
effective solution.
In How to Think Seriously About the Planet, Roger Scruton rejects
this view and offers a fresh approach to tackling the most
important political problem of our time. The environmental
movement, he contends, is philosophically confused and has
unrealistic agendas. Its sights are directed at the largescale
events and the confrontation between international politics and
multinational business. But Scruton argues that no large-scale
environmental project, however well-intentioned, will succeed if it
is not rooted in small-scale practical reasoning. Seeing things on
a large scale promotes top-down solutions, managed by unaccountable
bureaucracies that fail to assess local conditions and are rife
with unintended consequences. Scruton argues for the greater
efficacy of local initiatives over global schemes, civil
association over political activism, and small-scale institutions
of friendship over regulatory hyper-vigilance. And he suggests that
conservatism is far better suited to solving environmental problems
than either liberalism or socialism. Rather than entrusting the
environment to unwieldy NGOs and international committees, we must
assume personal responsibility and foster local control. People
must be empowered to take charge of their environment, to care for
it as they would a home, and to involve themselves through the kind
of local associations that have been the traditional goal of
conservative politics.
Our common future is by no means assured, but as Roger Scruton
clearly demonstrates in this important book, there is a path that
can ensure the future safety of our planet and our species.
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