David Pimentel # 35, Is Silent Spring Behind Us? By Rachel Carson
1. David Pimentel #35, Is Silent Spring Behind Us?
Silent Spring is a book written by Rachel Carson in 1962 that discusses the effects of pesticides, specifically DDT, and how they have had a negative impact on the environment. During the time between 1945 and 1972, chlorinated insecticides had become widely used in efforts to protect crops. As a result, these insecticides had seriously reduced the populations of predatory birds, fish, snakes and other reptilian populations, as well as insects and other invertebrates. The decline in populations and the effects this had on the environment as a whole is what Rachel Carson labels the “silent spring”.
In his essay, David Pimentel has posed and answered the question of if we’ve moved past the detrimental …show more content…
He talks about how climate change is an interdisciplinary subject and it’s a problem that crosses boundaries between many subjects, but at the least science, economics, law, and international relations. Gardiner goes onto to cite this as being the issue of climate change, because the stretched boundaries make it easy for people to assume that this is not their problem to solve. However, Gardiner does believe that climate change is an ethical issue and it should be of serious concern to both moral philosophers and humanity at large. Gardiner does see climate change as a serious moral issue, because it leaves an implication on the future and future generations and what they’re inheriting from the past.
Gardiner’s sees climate change as a moral issue, and he notes that we should not ignore past emissions as that would take away some of the obligation of developed nations. He instead thinks the successful course of action is the change in our policies and deciding who would bear the burden of stabilizing emissions across the board.
3. Maria Mies, Deceiving the Third World: The Myth of Catching-Up
Silent Spring is a book written by Rachel Carson in 1962 that discusses the effects of pesticides, specifically DDT, and how they have had a negative impact on the environment. During the time between 1945 and 1972, chlorinated insecticides had become widely used in efforts to protect crops. As a result, these insecticides had seriously reduced the populations of predatory birds, fish, snakes and other reptilian populations, as well as insects and other invertebrates. The decline in populations and the effects this had on the environment as a whole is what Rachel Carson labels the “silent spring”.
In his essay, David Pimentel has posed and answered the question of if we’ve moved past the detrimental …show more content…
He talks about how climate change is an interdisciplinary subject and it’s a problem that crosses boundaries between many subjects, but at the least science, economics, law, and international relations. Gardiner goes onto to cite this as being the issue of climate change, because the stretched boundaries make it easy for people to assume that this is not their problem to solve. However, Gardiner does believe that climate change is an ethical issue and it should be of serious concern to both moral philosophers and humanity at large. Gardiner does see climate change as a serious moral issue, because it leaves an implication on the future and future generations and what they’re inheriting from the past.
Gardiner’s sees climate change as a moral issue, and he notes that we should not ignore past emissions as that would take away some of the obligation of developed nations. He instead thinks the successful course of action is the change in our policies and deciding who would bear the burden of stabilizing emissions across the board.
3. Maria Mies, Deceiving the Third World: The Myth of Catching-Up