What do Al Gore and Martin Heidegger have in common?

by on June 3, 2007 @ 10:43 pm

in Environment, Philosophy

More than you might think. If you are even a little bit philosophically inclined, take a gander at this essay:

Here’s the abstract:

A close reading of Al Gore’s views on the linkages between environmental issues and broader social and philosophical currents reveals their problematic political and policy implications. Gore derives our environmental problems from deeper metaphysical and psychosocial currents, a path that will foreclose a number of productive policy approaches to the problem of climate change.

About Geoffrey Allan Plauché  (370 Posts)

Geoffrey is an Aristotelian-Liberal political philosopher and an adjunct instructor for Buena Vista University. His work has appeared in the Journal of Libertarian Studies, the Journal of Value Inquiry, and Transformers and Philosophy. He lives in Edgewood, KY with his wife and two children.


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