More than you might think. If you are even a little bit philosophically inclined, take a gander at this essay:
The Fate of the Earth in the Balance:
The Metaphysics of Climate Change
by Steven F. Hayward
The Metaphysics of Climate Change
by Steven F. Hayward
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.
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