environmental ethics
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On Sleeping through the Night, Part 5
And now, at last, the conclusion of my recent manuscript, “On Sleeping through the Night: Ecology, Economy and Ethics of a Vital Human Project.” 5. The Ethics of Sleep Following a skunk track through the slush of an early thaw, Leopold (1949: 4) observed the carefully established tunnels and food stores of a meadow mouse… Continue reading
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On Sleeping through the Night, Part 3
The third main section of my recent manuscript, “On Sleeping through the Night: Ecology, Economy and Ethics of a Vital Human Project.” 3. The Ecology of Sleep: Affordances Aldo Leopold (1949: 113) once encountered two young men canoeing on the Flambeau River, in northern Wisconsin. For the first time in their lives, he wrote, they… Continue reading
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On Sleeping through the Night, Part 2
Now for the second main section of my recent manuscript, “On Sleeping through the Night: Ecology, Economy and Ethics of a Vital Human Project.” 2. The Problem of Sleeping through the Night The peculiarity of sleep as a project is the source of what is most compelling about it as a matter of ethical and… Continue reading
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On Sleeping through the Night, Part 1
Continuing the serialization of my recent manuscript – “On Sleeping through the Night: Ecology, Economy and Ethics of a Vital Human Project.” – with the first main section. 1. The Peculiarity of Sleep as a Project As far as we know, all – or very nearly all – animals spend some fraction of their lives… Continue reading