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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 November 2015 Harvard University Extension School Fall Semester 2015

We owe a great deal to the bravery and sacrifice of our men and women in uniform http://environmentaljusticetv.wordpress.com/2013/ 07/16/hidden-wars-of-desert-storm/ Tim Weiskel - 2

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

Are we are unlikely to learn much more about the impact of 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

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

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

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Mid or long term results of new nuclear policy are not yet clear… 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 .”

What are the predictable consequences – both biological and cultural -- of introducing radioactive waste to civilian populations? Tim Weiskel - 22

….But this is not the first time our military has “poisoned the land” Tim Weiskel - 23

And then….consider the water… https://environmentaljusticetv.wordpress.com/2014/11/18 Tim Weiskel - 24 /agent-orange-devastates-generations-of-vietnamese/

What about the principle of “ Balanced Reciprocity ” in intercultural ethics? “ We can’t claim we haven’t been warned ….” Do unto others as you would have them do unto you… http://www-tc.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/preview/media/3007_ref.mov http://environmentaljusticetv.wordpress.com/2013/07/23/the-dirty-bomb-bbc-documentary/

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 November 2015 Harvard University Extension School Fall Semester 2015