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Paul Thompson’s essay, “Agrarian Philosophy and Ecological Ethics,” [1] usefully highlights some of the defects in the now-dominant strands of environmental ethics. It offers an agrarian alternative that solves many of them. Thompson’s agrarianism, in turn, has its own limitations, yet it nonetheless merits close attention.
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Freyfogle, E.T. Fostering a Culture of Land. Sci Eng Ethics 14, 545–549 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-008-9093-2
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