Deep Ecology

Naess’s presentation of Deep Ecology not only has a rather idealistic feel to it, but comes to several conclusion that are fail to note some important factors. Promoting equality, classlessness, and supporting the fight against pollution are brought up as great things, as they are; however, talking about how good the end is does not do enough for me. Having the ability to tell everyone how good something most people agree on as well does not lead to much progress. There is simply not a great deal of instruction on what to do with Deep Ecology or how to implement it. Aside from this general complaint there is also a particular part regarding the 7^th tenant of Deep Ecology. It’s true that more local autonomy would most likely lead to more efficiency within each locale, but overall that is not necessarily the case. If regions each specialize in one particular good and trade amongst themselves the most of each product would be produced for the least cost overall; this is a whole fully agreed upon notion of economics. In addition to this, his idea of getting rid of the steps in a chain of command will most likely lead to other problems. The less links in the chain the more chance of oversight, to noticing problems, not properly fixing problems, and much more. Those at the bottom of a chain with so little links to the top get ignored more often, alienated from the other links in the chain, and eventually lead to inequality.