Compare And Contrast Watson And Bookchin

There are times when it seems environmentalists have very similar theories. It is most likely that those environmentalists found a model that they agree mostly with, but it was missing something. Today we will take a look at environmentalists Watson, Wenz, and Bookchin; comparing and contrasting their theories to see how they fit within the community model platform. First, lets being with Watson.

Watson establishes in the very beginning of his article evidence that shows his view is structured with the focus of community upfront. He states in the article A Critique of Anti-Anthropocentric Ethics “… in general … the Earth as a whole should not be interpreted or managed from a human standpoint” (P and P, 234), furthermore meaning: humans are not the only things that have the ability to possess rights. There are other animals and objects that qualify to hold rights, and should be given those rights. Those things cannot be overlooked. Next, lets move onto Wenz position.

Some examples in his article that he plays out are the problems of overpopulation, and over use. Wenz uses these examples, to explain how this not only will affect the humans, but also goes onto explain how this can harm everything else on the earth. Therefore pertaining the ideas and thoughts of his view in the form of the community model. Moving onto Bookchin’s theory.

Bookchin’s view is rooted in social ecology. In his article he discusses “the fact that major reductions of populations would not diminish levels of production and the destruction of the biosphere” (P and P, 246). This meaning that we as humans cannot just simply stop reproducing and all the problems would go away. We need to make a proper plan of attack on how to solve the problem of over production. Bookchin’s view is partially parallel to Wenz’s view, mainly because of the fact that they both use the examples of over population and over