Review ofPragmatic Environmentalism: Towards a Rhetoric of Eco-Justiceby Shane J. Ralston

But no word could protect the doctrine from critics so blind to the nature of the enquiry that, when Dr. Schiller speaks of ideas ‘working’ well, the only thing they think of is their immediate workings in the physical environment, their enabling us to make money, or gain some similar ‘practical’ ad...

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Published inEthics and the environment Vol. 19; no. 1; pp. 123 - 131
Main Author Stephens, Piers H.G.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Indiana University Press 01.03.2014
Subjects
Classical rhetoric
Environmental communications
Environmental ethics
Environmental justice
Environmental philosophy
Environmental policy
Environmentalism
Political rhetoric
Pragmatism
Sustainable land management
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Summary:But no word could protect the doctrine from critics so blind to the nature of the enquiry that, when Dr. Schiller speaks of ideas ‘working’ well, the only thing they think of is their immediate workings in the physical environment, their enabling us to make money, or gain some similar ‘practical’ advantage. Ideas do work thus, of course, immediately or remotely; but they work indefinitely inside the mental world also. (James, 1978: 267)
ISSN:1085-6633
1535-5306
DOI:10.2979/ethicsenviro.19.1.123