Part II of my essay on Liberalism and Conservatism is now up at Witches and Pagans. In Part II I argue that both liberalism and conservatism have difficulties in creating a coherent outlook that Pagan insights help to heal.… Read more
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Understanding Conservatism and Liberalism
Abortion- Not just a matter of theory
I am winding down my discussion of why no good arguments exist for denying women the right to decide for themselves whether to bring a fetus to term, or to abort it, with a account of how the issue of … Read more
A Pagan perspective on abortion, Part III
A Pagan perspective on abortion, part II.
A Pagan perspective on abortion, part I.
In my opinion the strongest argument against abortion shares an insight with those of us who love the other-than-human. Recently a woman sent me an e-mail to that effect. I want to use the points she raised to begin exploring … Read more
The fascinating link between where most stand on abortion and where they stand on environmentalism
Abortion and environmental issues constitute the two major ethical questions of our time. Over at Patheos I just posted why usually people who support environmentalism also support a woman’s right to choose and why people who oppose environmentalism also oppose … Read more
Deep Ecology and Eco-Feminism
Deep ecologists and ecofeminists share far more in common than where they differ. However, scholars within both perspectives have tended to exaggerate inevitable differences in terminology and traditions of analysis into supposedly significant differences in kind. Some ecofeminists criticize deep … Read more
Before the Farm – and After
Based on reasonable extrapolations from both the historical evidence and surviving hunting and gathering societies, our earliest forbearers generally lived in relatively small usually mobile groups. This mobility was not universal. Permanent communities could exist where fish, game, and edible … Read more