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it was unthinkable in the original Aristotelean framework. They had no notion of being capable of destroying the environment in the way that we can now.
by metaphorm 10y ago
it was unthinkable in the original Aristotelean framework. They had no notion of being capable of destroying the environment in the way that we can now.
- maratd 10y agoI don't think that's true at all. They could have easily over-fished, exhausted the land through improper farming, or cut down all the trees in a particular area. And they had a very good idea that they could do this and screw over future generations.
- r-w 10y agoI don’t think that model takes ignorance into account. You would be unhappy if you knew you were doing a disservice to future generations, but you might accidentally do something stupid that screws things up for generations to come.
- clock_tower 10y agoThat sounds intuitively plausible; Aristotle's systems in general tended to be bad about modeling human ignorance.