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Sharing Nature: Rival Visions Of Environmental Discourse, Charles B. Hayes
Sharing Nature: Rival Visions Of Environmental Discourse, Charles B. Hayes
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In this paper I compare and evaluate the work of Steven Vogel, Akeel Bilgrami, and Jedediah Purdy regarding the place of normative conceptions of nature in political discourse. I argue that it is not in principle undemocratic, nor is it theoretically illegitimate, nor domineering to hold and express ideas involving normative conceptions of nature. On the contrary, it is often exemplary political discourse, well suited for deeply questioning our impact on the world and for inspiring collective change.