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Dale Jamieson Quotes

Acts are right in virtue of the goodness of their consequences Picture Quote #1

We’re not good at noticing slow, steady changes in our environments, our senses are not very acute compared to those of many animals, and we’re pretty awful at abstract thought, much less acting on it Picture Quote #1

Every country now has its own domestic political debate about how to respond to climate change. This is where the action is Picture Quote #1

Some philosophers have begun writing sympathetically about predator elimination as a way of reducing animal suffering. From an environmental perspective this is somewhere between naÃƒÂ¯ve and potentially disastrous Picture Quote #1

It’s true that climate change is an unprecedented problem so it’s not surprising that it’s so difficult to address Picture Quote #1

When I first started studying climate change back in the 1980s, I was struck by how difficult it was be for people to understand this issue Picture Quote #1

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Climate change involves behaviors that are individually negligible, whose impacts go far beyond the spatial and temporal constraints that define our sense of community Picture Quote #1

Since we’re not very good at something as basic as controlling our reproduction, life is really bad for more people than ever before Picture Quote #1

If we’re interested in the continuation of the human experiment we need to focus on resilience and coping with change (whether natural or anthropogenic) rather than living as if God or nature has given us a nice, orderly, calm, Babbit-like existence Picture Quote #1

Many environmental questions are in a deep way philosophical, despite our penchant for treating them as if they were only technological, economic, or whatever Picture Quote #1

I think that by the middle of this century people will still be eating meat (though less), and their meat will mostly be produced in factories through synthetic processes, cell cultures, and so on Picture Quote #1

I worry that even well-intentioned attempts to improve nature (say by reducing suffering) will make things worse even in their own terms Picture Quote #1

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Climate change involves fundamental choices about how we want to live and what kind of world we want Picture Quote #1

Is it in the UK’s interests to leave the EU? It depends on your values. The answer can’t be read off of GDP statistics under various scenarios or some measures of global influence Picture Quote #1

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Acts are right in virtue of the goodness of their consequences (Dale Jamieson Quotes) We’re not good at noticing slow, steady changes in our environments, our senses are not very acute compared to those of many animals, and we’re pretty awful at abstract thought, much less acting on it (Dale Jamieson Quotes) Every country now has its own domestic political debate about how to respond to climate change. This is where the action is (Dale Jamieson Quotes) Some philosophers have begun writing sympathetically about predator elimination as a way of reducing animal suffering. From an environmental perspective this is somewhere between naÃƒÂ¯ve and potentially disastrous. (Dale Jamieson Quotes) It’s true that climate change is an unprecedented problem so it’s not surprising that it’s so difficult to address. (Dale Jamieson Quotes) When I first started studying climate change back in the 1980s, I was struck by how difficult it was be for people to understand this issue. (Dale Jamieson Quotes) Climate change involves behaviors that are individually negligible, whose impacts go far beyond the spatial and temporal constraints that define our sense of community. (Dale Jamieson Quotes) Since we’re not very good at something as basic as controlling our reproduction, life is really bad for more people than ever before. (Dale Jamieson Quotes) If we’re interested in the continuation of the human experiment we need to focus on resilience and coping with change (whether natural or anthropogenic) rather than living as if God or nature has given us a nice, orderly, calm, Babbit-like existence. (Dale Jamieson Quotes) Many environmental questions are in a deep way philosophical, despite our penchant for treating them as if they were only technological, economic, or whatever. (Dale Jamieson Quotes) I think that by the middle of this century people will still be eating meat (though less), and their meat will mostly be produced in factories through synthetic processes, cell cultures, and so on. (Dale Jamieson Quotes) I worry that even well-intentioned attempts to improve nature (say by reducing suffering) will make things worse even in their own terms. (Dale Jamieson Quotes) Climate change involves fundamental choices about how we want to live and what kind of world we want. (Dale Jamieson Quotes) Is it in the UK’s interests to leave the EU? It depends on your values. The answer can’t be read off of GDP statistics under various scenarios or some measures of global influence. (Dale Jamieson Quotes)