We are the children of the Age of Enlightenment,
and we have brought the world to the brink of ruin by acting under the delusion
that humans are separate from the earth, better somehow, in control of it. We believe that humans are the only creatures
of spirit in a universe otherwise made up of stones and insensate matter; that
the nonhuman world was created for us alone and derives all its value from its
usefulness to humanity; that we are the masters of the universe. Because of our technological prowess, we see
ourselves as exceptions to the rules that govern the “lower” forms of
life. We believe we can destroy our
habitat without also destroying ourselves.
How could we be so tragically wrong? (Kathleen Dean Moore)
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