Ronnie:
Guess I'm being paradoxical again. On one hand I'm advocating
going with the anthropocentric approach because humans are in
charge and we can't uninvent things. (Maybe some day we can?) On
the other hand I'm advocating replacing the patriarchal system with
a partnership model, even though doing that is also a monumental
task. My only consistency is that I put the welfare of humans
first in both cases. (I believe the patriarchal system is bad for
humans.)
Peer pressure is the key - working to build consensus to change the
system. On the global level, I think we ARE moving (slowly)
towards a new world order with things like the Internet to
eventually be able to take a worldwide vote on things such as
protecting whales. Unfortunately, the current enforcement
mechanism (the U.N.) is extremely weak.
Population - IS relatively under control in the developed
countries. Most of the work is needed in developing countries.
Maybe if we, the developed countries, work harder on our per capita
consumption problem we'd have more credibility in trying to
convince developing countries to use birth control.
Al
