Hey guys, sorry that the font is so tiny, but you can read the comic strip better at http://progressiveboink.com/archive/calvinhobbes.htm ...... I couldn't help but laugh at Calvin's logic when I read this. It says quite a lot about us, doesn't it? Are we right to be hunting deer in order to limit populations when we ourselves our extremely overpopulated? Is overpopulation a valid excuse for taking the life of another being? Any thoughts?
3 comments:
This is great.
You make a good point. This reminds me of Sober's article and how we are reminded that we are indeed part of nature. But sometimes we forget that because we have so much more power and have changed things around us. Us killing deer is a good example of our use of power. Why do we get the right to kill them? It is because we have built a government and we say what goes. I don't think it is valid.
love it. We'll get to that subject next week when we read Kagan's chapter three on "doing harm." great comic.
jt
Also reminds me of Kagan's treatment of welfare versus equality. Some argue that not overpopulation is the problem, but consumptions. Meaning, not the number of people on earth, but the way the live is what makes or breaks sustainability. For a popular treatment see:
http://www.livingonearth.org/shows/segments.htm?programID=08-P13-00004&segmentID=3
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