Rediscovering and Rethinking Leopold's Green Fire
Aldo Leopold shot a wolf a hundred years ago, the most iconic wolf kill in conservation history, a shooting now historically confirmed, which three decades later he elevated into his "green fire" metaphor and symbol. There are tensions. Was Leopold a hypocrite? He spent the rest of his lif...
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Center for Environmental Philosophy, University of North Texas
[2015]
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Environmental ethics
Jahr: 2015, Band: 37, Heft: 1, Seiten: 45-55 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Aldo Leopold shot a wolf a hundred years ago, the most iconic wolf kill in conservation history, a shooting now historically confirmed, which three decades later he elevated into his "green fire" metaphor and symbol. There are tensions. Was Leopold a hypocrite? He spent the rest of his life hunting and trying to produce more game to kill. Thinking like a mountain, thinking big in the big outdoors, there is a dramatic shift of focus from a dying wolf's eyes to a land ethic. Thinking big enough, globally, Leopold saving wolves, or wilderness, or game management seems simplistic and parochial before global warming or environmental justice. Still, Leopold is on a moral frontier. |
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| ISSN: | 2153-7895 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Environmental ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5840/enviroethics20153714 |