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Environmental Ethics and Land Management ENVR E-120 http://courses.dce.harvard.edu/~envre120 Sick Earth, Diseased Humans: and the Approach of "Geo -Engineering" vs. "Planetary Physiology" Timothy C. Weiskel Session 12 17

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Environmental Ethics and Land Management ENVR E-120

http://courses.dce.harvard.edu/~envre120

Timothy C. Weiskel

Harvard University Extension School Fall Semester 2015

Sick Earth, Diseased Humans:

…and the Approach of "Geo-Engineering" vs. "Planetary Physiology"

Session 12 17 November 2015

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We owe a great deal to the bravery and sacrifice of our men and women in uniform

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http://environmentaljusticetv.wordpress.com/2013/ 07/16/hidden-wars-of-desert-storm/

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Nuclear Waste  Weapons  Dirty Bomb Logic But in addition, there are future implications

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Are we are unlikely to learn much more about the impact

  • f DU on Iraqis or even on our own troops until

the war in that part of the world subsides…

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Why are the American Veterans of the ‘first’ Gulf War and those currently stationed in Iraq raising questions? What have we not been told about about the “Secret Wars of Desert Storm?”

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3804528229102317499

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Nuclear Waste  Weapons  Dirty Bomb Logic Having introduced nuclear weaponry to the Middle East, we now have to be prepared for its extended social and environmental consequences…

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What are the predictable consequences – both biological and cultural -- of introducing radioactive waste to civilian populations?

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http://ecoethics.net/2015-ENVRE120/PDF/20040907-AlJazeera-US-DU.pdf

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What if … ? What if we took consequentialist ethics seriously? A basic principle of all consequentialist ethics can be stated simply: “You are responsible for the predictable consequences of your own actions.” Mid or long term results of new nuclear policy are not yet clear…

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What are the predictable consequences – both biological and cultural -- of introducing radioactive waste to civilian populations?

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….But this is not the first time our military has “poisoned the land”

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And then….consider the water…

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https://environmentaljusticetv.wordpress.com/2014/11/18 /agent-orange-devastates-generations-of-vietnamese/

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“We can’t claim we haven’t been warned….” Do unto others as you would have them do unto you…

What about the principle of “Balanced Reciprocity” in intercultural ethics?

http://environmentaljusticetv.wordpress.com/2013/07/23/the-dirty-bomb-bbc-documentary/

http://www-tc.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/preview/media/3007_ref.mov

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Environmental Ethics and Land Management ENVR E-120

http://courses.dce.harvard.edu/~envre120

Timothy C. Weiskel

Harvard University Extension School Fall Semester 2015

Sick Earth, Diseased Humans:

…and the Approach of "Geo-Engineering" vs. "Planetary Physiology"

Session 12 17 November 2015