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From: Bryan Hyden <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Friday, December 11, 1998 7:06 AM
Subject: Re: Is Altruism consistent with environmentalsim?
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>>1 : responsive to or conscious of sense impressions
>>2 : AWARE
>>3 : finely sensitive in perception or feeling
>>- sen·tient·ly adverb
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>why not? this all comes back to my contention that (as far as i know) it
>cannot be proven or disproven...
>
But that's the issue. If it can't be proven or disproven, why do you insist
on using it as the basis of an ethic?
>
>*i* don't have to change the definition of the word one iota to say that i
>believe the earth is sentient...
>
So, how does any of the above definition apply to Earth?
Steven
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