Green Conservatism

There is no shortage of those who would tell us what to think about the environment.  Some extremists want human beings to will themselves into self-extinction. Others seem to advocate a carelessly laissez-faire approach to our air, water, and climate. In How to Think Seriously About the Planet, Roger Scruton’s goal is neither to advocate for a particular position nor to tip-toe through fields of broken partisan glass to find a bit of muddled middle-ground. He rather steps back from the firing line of our environmental wars, proposing ways to think about these issues that are grounded both in sound philosophy and in an intensely practical view of human nature.

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