Random postings, links, and whatnotisms that interest one Adam Ballah, proprietor of little here or there.
February 7, 2013
May 18, 2012
August 28, 2011
“In the Buddhist world, materialism and determinism can be morally informative. First, they suggest that we aren’t as important or permanent as we think we are — that, in a fundamental sense, our selves or souls don’t really exist in any lasting way (a conclusion, incidentally, shared by Western philosophers like John Locke and Derek Parfit). This, in turn, suggests that satisfying our own personal needs and wants shouldn’t be our number-one priority; instead, we should focus on projects that benefit everyone, and work to become more kind and generous to our fellow human beings.”
September 25, 2010
Roderick Nash, schema for explaining the development of environmental ethics
September 24, 2010
"Man’s attitude toward nature is today critically important simply because we have now acquired a fateful power to alter and destroy nature. But man is a part of nature and his war against nature is inevitably a war against himself. Now, I truly believe that we in this generation must come to terms with nature, and I think we’re challenged as mankind has never been challenged before to prove our maturity and our mastery, not of nature, but of ourselves."
— Rachel Carson
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