projects
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Transitory Places (2012), Part 4
Here is the conclusion of my old paper, which derives from my reflection on the Karori Sanctuary some lessons on scale, change, and the need for an experimental approach to ethics. Ethics in Transitory Places What does it imply for the conservation project at Karori if the place in which it unfolds is, in some… Continue reading
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Transitory Places (2012), Part 3
The landscape of New Zealand is especially dynamic. The Karori Sanctuary in Wellington is caught in a kind of biogeographic storm pulling it on into the future even as its managers attempt to pull it back into the past. The possibility of an abrupt, radical transition in the landscape, even at a very short time-scale,… Continue reading
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Transitory Places (2012), Part 2
In this section, I develop on the idea that project may serve as a basic element of ethical inquiry, an idea in which I now have renewed interest. Following from my 2010 book, The Ethics of Metropolitan Growth, I connect project with place, with the twist that places tend not to remain as they have… Continue reading
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Transitory Places (2012), Part 1
To help trace the path from my earlier work in environmental philosophy to the present moment, I’m going to rummage around in the archive a bit to find and offer up serialized versions of some older papers and notes. First up is the final typescript of a paper inspired by moment from my time in… Continue reading
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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 4
Here is the fourth main section of my recent manuscript, “On Sleeping through the Night: Ecology, Economy and Ethics of a Vital Human Project.” 4. The Economy of Sleep: Arrangements Luhmann (2017: 7) claims that human beings are alone in being able to “select their environment” to reduce complexity and manage uncertainty about the future.… 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