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Deep Ecology as an Aesthetic Movement

Tony Lynch
- 01 May 1996 - 
- Vol. 5, Iss: 2, pp 147-160
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For example, this article argued that if deep ecology is interpreted as an aesthetic movement, then it is both philosophically coherent and practically adequate, and that deep ecology fails if it is meant to be a moral ethic.
Abstract
Many deep ecologists call for a 'new ecological ethic' . If this ethic is meant to be a moral ethic, then deep ecology fails. However if deep ecology is interpreted as an aesthetic movement, then it is both philosophically coherent and practically adequate.

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Comparative Green Politics: Beyond the European Context?

TL;DR: In this article, it is argued that despite the greater political formalization of the green movement in Western Europe, there is a sense in which North American and Antipodean developments are ultimately more fundamental than those that have occurred in Europe.
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However if deep ecology is interpreted as an aesthetic movement, then it is both philosophically coherent and practically adequate.