Deep ecology: should we embrace this philosophy?

GE Louw

Corpus ID: 149370967

Deep ecology: should we embrace this philosophy?

@inproceedings{Louw2016DeepES,
  title={Deep ecology: should we embrace this philosophy?},
  author={GE Louw},
  year={2016}
}

GE Louw
Published 2016
Psychology

The planet finds itself in a dismal state, arguably brought about by the environmental misconduct from the side of humanity over the course of centuries. An ancient tradition of Indo-Tibetan Buddhism depicts human beings’ suffering as exemplifying hungry ghosts trapped in a state of incessant greed and insatiability, which at its core reflects a desperate attempt to maintain a sense of self that is out of accord with basic reality (Pope 2011:171). How can we address and remedy this dualistic… Expand