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Title: Terrorism, racism, speciesism, and sustainable use of the planet
Keywords: Terrorism
Sustainable use of the planet
World peace
Sustainocentric dynamics
Resource wars
Issue Date: 30-May-2013
Publisher: Inter-Research
Description: The 11 September 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the US Pentagon in Washington, DC have seized our attention and undermined our sense of security. These terrorist actions showed a contempt for other persons and their beliefs and practices. They are extreme demonstrations of a feeling of superiority which ignores the inherent worth of life by killing or wounding some and depriving others of resources that improve their quality of life. In this respect, terrorism is similar to racism and speciesism in that all are expressions of feelings of superiority over other life forms and that all are incompatible with sustainable use of the planet. It is proposed that both terrorism and racism have their genesis in speciesism. Sustainability requires a mutualistic relationship between humans and the millions of other species that collectively constitute the planet's ecological life support system. It further requires enhancement and protection of natural capital, as well as the enhancement and protection of the technological and economic life support systems that depend upon natural capital. Both terrorism and racism endanger the fair and equitable allocation of resources and the quality of human life of present and future generations. This is probably both the cause and effect of resource allocations. However, to achieve sustainable use of the planet, humans must acknowledge the inherent worth of other life forms. There is no guarantee that abolishing terrorism, racism, and speciesism will enable human society to acheive sustainable use of the planet; however, it is difficult to envision achieving sustainability if they persist.
URI: http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/jspui/handle/123456789/4492
Other Identifiers: http://www.int-res.com/articles/esep/2002/e24.pdf
http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=openurl&genre=article&issn=16118014&date=2002&volume=2002&issue=&spage=90
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