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post
Author
Wesley J. Smith
Date
August 7, 2024
Categories Nature and Conservation
Tagged
, Aeon , animal rights , animal welfare , Climate Change , human exceptionalism , Michael Marder , national review , nature rights , nature rights movement , personhood , plant advocacy , plant behavior , plant intelligence , plant life , plant philosophy , Seeing Plants Anew , Wesley J. Smith , Western tradition , Western values
Wesley J. Smith
August 7, 2024
Nature and Conservation
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Lately, as scientists unlock the complexity of plant biology, we are witnessing equivalent advocacy with regard to plants. The latest example of such radical anthropomorphizing comes to us in a long article just published in Aeon that discusses "plant philosophy." Read More ›
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The “nature rights” movement continues to spread — with little resistance because people don’t take it seriously. Read More ›
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If we lower ourselves from the unique species to just another animal in the forest, that is precisely how we will act. Read More ›