On Nature

Thursday 25 April 2024

What is our relationship to Nature as human beings? Are we ‘a part of Nature’ or ‘apart from Nature’? Or are we both? 

Is Mother Nature a nurturing parent or would she be prosecuted for child abuse if she were a real parent? 

Is Nature valuable in and of itself or just useful to us humans for the resources we can extract from her? 

In view of the damage humans have caused to the planet should we seek to leave Nature alone or is that impossible now? 

Does the Natural world have rights, like those of people, and should these be enshrined in law? 

Should we seek to live in harmony with Nature, or has this become an impossible ideal? 

Can we extract moral values from the Natural world or is the practice of praising something for being ‘natural’ or condemning it as ‘unnatural’ just a piece of rhetorical justification? 

• What’s Natural?

• Wild Animal Suffering in Nature

• Is Mother Nature really maternal?

• The Romantic view of Nature

• Is Nature in Balance or in Flux?

• Why is Biodiversity important?

• Does Nature & the Environment have rights?

• Meat Eating & Vegetarianism

• Human Intervention in Nature